Lung Cancer Incidence Trends in Iran and in Six Geographical Regions of the Country (2000 - 2005)

lranian journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases

Edris Abdifard⁴  Mohammad Heidari¹  Sattar Bab⁴  AzadehFaraj²  Yousef Moradi³ 

[1] Department of Epidemiology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IR Iran;Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran;Pars Advanced and Minimally Invasive Manners Research Center, Pars Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, IR Iran;Students Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IR Iran

关键词: Lung Cancer;    Incidence;    Trend;    Geographical Regions;    Iran;   

DOI  :  10.17795/semj38237

学科分类：基础医学

来源: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Background:Lungcancer,themostcommontypeofcancerinhumans,istheleadingcauseofcancerdeathsglobally,accountingfor1.38milliondeathsperyear(18.2%ofallcancerdeaths).LungcanceristhethirdmostcommontypeofcancerinIran.Objectives:ThepresentstudyinvestigatedtheincidenceoflungcancerinsixgeographicalregionsofIran.MaterialsandMethods:Dataforannualcasesoflungcancerwereobtainedfromthenationalcancerregistryduringtheyears2000-2005.Theratesofincidencewerestandardizedusingworldhealthorganization(WHO)populationdata,andconfidenceintervalswerecalculatedat95%.Iranwasdividedintosixareasaccordingtogeographicaldifferences.ThePoissonregressionmodelwasusedtotestthesignificanceofchangesintheincidenceratesduringthestudyperiodResults:Theage-standardizedratesoflungcancerformenandwomenincreasedfrom0.8and0.3per100,000peoplein2000to4and1.5in2005,respectively.Thehighestrateoflungcancerwasobservedinthemountainousregion,andthelowestrateoccurredinthewesternprovincesoftheCaspiansearegion.Despitethedifferenceintheslopeofchanges,thereisanincreasingtrendintheincidenceoflungcancerinallgeographicalareas.Conclusions:Thecurrentincidenceratesoflungcancerinallthegeographicalareasexaminedaregenerallyincreasing.Unfortunately,theratesofurbanization,environmentalpollution,andsmokingtendencyarealsoincreasinginIran;tocontrolthesetrendsandadjusttheseriskfactors,officialsshouldhelpmorewithpublic-programplanning.

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