title: [Epidemiology parameters of stomach cancer in Central region of Azerbaijan Republic].
abstract: Stomach cancer (SC) remains the fourth most commonly diagnosed malignancy in the Central region of Azerbaijan Republic (extensive morbidity rate--9.5%); maximal correlation between male and female patients is 2.86:1. The retirees were most liable to SC--42.1%. Intensive morbidity rate in the region was 9.36%. Morbidity rate of SC was 14.4 in males and 4.7 in females per 100,000 of populations. A case rate of SC according to standardizing index for male was 3.1 times higher than in females. Morbidity level of SC increased with age. The age-specific incidence rate was the highest in the age group of 60-69 yrs age male and 70 yrs old female. Death rate 6.5 per 100,000 populations and lethality rate 22.2% in the Central region of Azerbaijan Republic were lower than the average index in the rest of the country.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Zeĭnalov
authors.forename: A Kh
authors.initials: AKh
authors.lastname: Kerimov
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Mardanly
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001382:Azerbaijan / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology