[The incidence of malignant tumors and mortality caused by them in Commonwealth of Independent States in 2005].
The world's incidence of cancer is 10.9 million new cases each year. In developed countries cancer in the second cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. In Russia, the number of patients with a newly established diagnosis of a malignant tumor increased by 4.6% in 2000-2005 reaching 469.2 thousands. Standardized indices of cancer incidence in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) were the highest in Belarus (312.5 per tens of thousand in men and 217.6 per tens of thousand in women), Russia (270.8 per tens of thousand and 196.8 per tens of thousand), and Kazakhstan (234.0 per tens of thousand and 171.4 per tens of thousand), lower in Armenia (201.3 per tens of thousand and 143.2 per tens of thousand) and Moldova (185 per tens of thousand and 162.2 per tens of thousand), and minimal in Azerbaydzhan (85.6 per tens of thousand and 73.5 per tens of thousand) and Kyrgyzstan (104.8 per tens of thousand and 115.3 per tens of thousand). The number of deaths caused by cancer is 6.7 million per year. In CIS, cancer-related mortality fell in Belarus (by 6.7% and 4.7% among men and women, respectively) and Kazakhstan (by 9.3% and 7.7%), while in Armenia it grew significantly (by 37.5% and 24.7%). In Russia, cancer-related mortality in 2000-2005 decreased by 2.6% in men and 0.8% in women. In Russia, Kazakhstan, and Armenia, the incidence of cancer of prostate grew more intensively than that of other localizations. Mortality caused by colon cancer grew in Russia and Armenia (both genders) and Belarus (women); skin cancer mortality grew in Belarus and Kazakhstan (men); breast cancer mortality grew in Armenia.
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