Demographic variation of cancer incidence in Jordan 2001–2011 (age and sex an example)

摘要

Background: Age and sex are major determinants of cancer incidence. The objective of the study is to explore epidemiology of cancer in Jordan by age and sex for 2001–2011. Methods: Descriptive study done, cases were identified from Jordan cancer registry (JCR), all Jordanian cancers patients that diagnosed and registered in 2001–2011 were included variables collected SPSS 20 used for analysis. Results: Total number of cases in JCR were (45063), 22009 (48.8%) were males (23054) (51.2%) were females, M:F ratio 0.95:1. There is difference of distribution of cancer cases by age group, sex, (41.5%) of the cases in 15 years males (57.8%) were more than female (42.2%). Top ten cancers in by different age groups: leukemia, lymphoma, and brain were predominant cancers in 0–19 years in both sexes, while breast cancer is the commonest cancer in female in 20–49 years then thyroid cancer. In males, lymphoma and colorectal are the commonest. In the age group?