Epidemiological characteristics of cancers and mortality rates

Objective. To study the epidemiology of cancer in forensic medical practice and mortality from this disease on the basis of the analysis of forensic medical conclusions in Moscow. Materials and methods. The causes of cancer death were analyzed and compared with those given at the Russian Federation Federal State Statistics Service and the Moscow City Committee of State Statistics. The 2014 forensic autopsy findings in 769 cancer deaths were analyzed. Results. The epidemiological characteristics of cancers were given; the mortality rates were established from forensic autopsy results: the leaders were tumors of the respiratory organs (trachea, lung, and bronchus (46.0%), next were tumors of the gastrointestinal tract (17.7%) and female reproductive system (5.0%). Postmortem morphological verification of the neoplasms was performed in 11.2% of cases in 2014. Age and gender indicators and the histological forms of cancers were comparatively analyzed. Conclusion. In 2014 the proportion of cancers in the general mortality structure was found to be 12.1% in the Russian Federation and 11.1% in Moscow.

epidemiology, neoplasms, cancer mortality, mortality structure