A Death Analysis Of Malignant Tumors Among Inhabitants In Jiangsu Province From 2002 To 2012

Objective:To investigate the deaths of malignant tumors among inhabitants in Jiangsu province, study epidemiological characteristics of malignant tumors deaths in masses, and give a theoretical base for formulating health care policies and evaluating health care.Methods:A descriptive epidemiologic study on deaths of malignant tumors was done in masses of surveillance ports in Jiangsu province from 2002 to 2012, and the general conditions, people, times and places (commonly known as three-dimension distribution in epidemiology) were analysed.Results:(1) There were 212 deaths of malignant tumors in masses of surveillance ports in Jiangsu province from 2002 to 2012, and malignant tumor was the first cause of death in Jiangsu province. (2) 3,15,16,18,15,25,29,26,22,22,21 people died of malignant tumors each year from 2002 to 2012 in masses of surveillance ports in Jiangsu province, respectively. (3) 148 male people(69.81%) and 64 female people(30.19%) died of malignant tumor in masses of surveillance ports in Jiangsu province from 2002 to 2012, the gender difference had statistical significance, P<0.05. (4) The differences of malignant tumors deaths in different age groups had statistical significances in masses of surveillance ports in Jiangsu province from 2002 to 2012, P< 0.05. (5) 113(1.904%),32(2.538%),67 people(1.042%) respectively died of malignant tumors in masses of Sunan, Suzhong, and Subei surveillance ports in Jiangsu province from 2002 to 2012, the distributions of malignant tumors deaths in different areas had statistical significances, P<0.05. (6) 32 people(1.314%,32/2436) in the city and 180 people(1.608%,180/11192) in the countryside died of malignant tumors in masses of surveillance ports in Jiangsu province from 2002 to 2012, the city-rural differences of malignant tumors deaths had no statistical significances, P>0.05.Conclusions:(1) Malignant tumor is the major cause of death among inhabitants in Jiangsu province from 2002 to 2012. (2) The malignant tumors deaths there are more men than women among inhabitants in Jiangsu province-from 2002 to 2012. (3) There are differences of malignant tumors deaths in different age groups among inhabitants in Jiangsu province from 2002 to 2012. (4) There are differences of the distributions of malignant tumors deaths in different areas among inhabitants in Jiangsu province from 2002 to 2012. (5) There are no differences of city-rural malignant tumors deaths among inhabitants in Jiangsu province from 2002 to 2012.