title: [Epidemiological characteristics of cancer of the pancreas in Serbia (without provinces)].
abstract: Over the period from 1980 to 1993 the average age standardized mortality rate of cancer of the pancreas was 4.51 per 100000 of population (8.83% per hundred thousand in men and 3.37% per hundred thousand in women). Mortality rates were very low below the age of 34-0.09% per hundred thousand (0.14% per hundred thousand in men and 0.04% per hundred thousand in women). With aging rates showed steady increase, and they were the highest in the age group of 75 and more years--37.21% per hundred thousand (42.60% per hundred thousand in men and 33.60% per hundred thousand in women). During the period observed mortality of cancer of the pancreas showed an increasing trend (y = 3.50 + 0.11x), present in both sexes (y = 4.49 + 0.14x in men and y = 2.73 + 0.07x in women) and in all age groups exept in women aged 0-34 and 35-44 in whom a slightly decreasing trend was found.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Adanja
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Sipetić
authors.forename: Z N
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Kokić
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Pekmezović
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Vićentijević
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology