农村地区肺癌死亡率趋势及其吸烟现状的研究

本文报告启东农村地区肺癌流行趋势及吸烟现状。结果表明,肺癌死亡率由1958年的1.04/10万上升到1989年的21.38/10万。肺癌在全癌中的顺位仅次于肝癌,胃癌而居第三位。启东地区肺癌死亡率的增长主要归因于烟草消费的迅速增长。基于本研究结论,预计本世纪未,肺癌将取代目前第二位的胃癌,而20年后将超过肝癌居癌症之首

Trend in Lung Cancer and Current Status of Smoking in Rural Area

The trends in lung cancer and the prevalence of smoking in Qidong rural area are reported. The results showed that lung cancer mortality had increased from 1.04 per 100000 in 1958 to 21.38 per 100000 in 1989. Of all sites of the malignant tumour lung cancer was the third most common cancer after liver and stomach. A marked increase in cigarette usage has mainly contributed to the marked increase of lung cancer in this area.Based on the findings it can predict that lung cancer will rank second instead of stomach at the end of this century, and may eventually overtake liver cancer as the number one cancer death cause two decades later.