title: Epidemiology of pancreatic cancer in vojvodina province in Serbia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Analysis of descriptive epidemiological characteristics of pancreatic cancer in Vojvodina, Serbia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study covers population of Vojvodina in the period from 2000 to 2009. The method used for data processing was the descriptive. The data, referring to a specified period of time, were analyzed from chronological and demographic aspects and according to histological diagnosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the period from 2000 to 2009, there were 2,108 registered cases of pancreatic cancer of which 1,886 had a fatal outcome. Standardized incidence rates varied between 5.7 and 9.1 per 100,000 population in males and between 4.2 and 5.3 in females. Linear incidence trends in males in the specified period of time, based on crude (r=0.7883, p<0.05) and standardized (r=0,6373, p<0,05) incidence rates, demonstrated increase. Annual percent increase in the crude incidence rate was 4.5% in males, and 2.8% in females. Age-standardized mortality rates varied between 5.2 and 7.5 per 100,000 population in males and 3.6 and 4.7 in females. Linear mortality trends in males in the specified period of time, based on crude (r=0.8795, p<0.05) and standardized (r=0.7669, p<0.05) mortality rates, also demonstrated annual percent increase.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Data analysis shows unfavorable onco-epidemiological situation related to pancreatic cancer in Vojvodina, in aspects of both incidence and mortality. Absence of primary and secondary prevention does not allow medical institutions to successfully fight against this disease.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Vojvodina, Serbia E-mail : dugandzija.tihomir@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rajcevic
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smiljana
authors.forename: Marica Miladinov
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mikov
authors.forename: Vasa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Petrovic
authors.forename: Trifunovic
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jasna
authors.forename: Dugandzija
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tihomir
authors.forename: Tatic
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Milanka
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries; D015996:Survival Rate; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology