[The prevalence of brain malignant neoplasms in the Republic of Kazakhstan].
The article presents on the data related to morbidity of brain malignant neoplasms in the Republic of Kazakhstan as a whole and its regions. The increase of morbidity during the period from 1996 to 2005 more than 1.8 times was revealed. The higher levels of morbidity (from 4.2 to 5.8 cases on 100 000 of population) were revealed in Kzylordinskaya, Pavlodarskaya, Vostochno-kazakhstanskaya oblasts and in the city of Almaty. The morbidity of this pathology is higher in males in comparison with females (ratio 1.2:1.0) and these differences are most pronounced in Vostochno-kazakhstanskaya and Pavlodarskaya oblasts.
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007623:Kazakhstan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution