Incidence and mortality of colon cancer in the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2022

N.H. Zeynalova

National Center of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan

Zeynalova Nigyar H. ― laboratory assistant of the Department of Oncohematology of the National Center of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan

79B G. Zardabi Str., Baku, AZ1012, Republic of Azerbaijan

Abstract. The levels of morbidity and mortality from colon cancer in Azerbaijan for 2022 have been studied. A rather unfavorable situation regarding this nosology has been identified, where the extensive rate was 6,8% for males and 5,2% for females. An increase in intensity coefficient (8,9 0/0000 ― men and 7,50/0000 ― women) and the incidence (40,00/0000 ― men and 27,30/0000 ― women) was revealed. The mortality rate was sufficiently high both in men ― 5,00/0000, and in women ― 3,00/0000. During the study period, the 5-year survival rate of colon cancer patients was 31,5% on average. High values of the standardized incidence were in the age groups of 50-59 years (2,10/0000 ― men and 2,20/0000 ― women) and 60-69 years (3,40/0000 ― men and 2,30/0000 ― women), with a further decrease in the age group of 70 years and above (1,80/0000 ― men and 1,50/0000 ― women).

Key words: colon cancer, incidence, morbidity, mortality, lethality, aggressiveness.