GASTRIC CANCER DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS IN GEORGIA, 2015-2020
Keywords:
gastric cancer, statistical analysis, GeorgiaAbstract
The aim was to assess gastric cancer distribution characteristics in Georgia, during 2015-2020. Statistical analysis of the data obtained from the Population-based Cancer Registry and the National Statistics Department of Georgia was conducted. Gastric cancer morbidity and mortality trends, sexual and age-specific patterns were estimated. In 2015-2020, gastric cancer incidence rates per 100,000 population in both sexes ranged between 9.6-12.8. The incidence in males is 1.5 times higher than in female. Gastric cancer cases increase dramatically with age - only 5-7% of all cases occur before the age of 50 years, up to 40% between the ages of 50-65 and over 50% after the age of 65 years. Between 2015 and 2020, the gastric cancer mortality rates per 100,000 population increased from 12.9 to 15.3. Only 15% of gastric cancer cases diagnosed during this period were detected in the first and second stages, 72% in the third and fourth stages, and in 13% the stage was unknown. In conclusion, gastric cancer morbidity and mortality are consistently high in Georgia; the incidence is mainly occurred over the age of 50 and is almost 1.5 times higher in male.
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