Epidemiological aspects of stomach cancer in the Azerbaijan Republic in 2020

A.A. Nurieva

Azerbaijan State Institute for Advanced Training of Doctors named after A. Aliyev of the of the Azerbaijan Republic Ministry of Health, Baku

Nurieva Arzu A. ― Employee of the Department of Radiation Diagnostics and Radiation Therapy of the Azerbaijan State Institute for Advanced Training of Doctors named after A. Aliyev of the of the Azerbaijan Republic Ministry of Health

3165 Tbilisi Ave, Baku, AZ1012, Azerbaijan Republic, tel. +994 (55) 511-99-22, e-mail: nuri.arzu@list.ru

Abstract. In the structure of the incidence of malignant tumors in the Azerbaijan Republic, stomach cancer occupies the second rank. Intensity index in males was 18,00/0000  and 8,00/0000 in females, with an excess of almost 2 times. There are high levels of mortality in males in comparison with females (14,10/0000 and 6,40/0000). During the study period, the 5-year survival rate for this nosology was 22,6% (regardless of gender). The highest levels of morbidity were observed in the age group of 60-69 years in both males and females (7,40/0000 and 2,80/0000, respectively). 

Key words: stomach cancer, incidence, mortality, lethality.