Morbilidad y mortalidad por cáncer: Experiencia del Centro Estatal de Cancerología de la SSA del Estado de Durango, México

PURPOSE: In this study, we evaluate the first report of cancer statistics of the Oncology State Center-Durango Mexico. METHODS: This is a retrospective longitudinal analysis of morbidity and mortality from cancer according to chronological age. RESULTS: From childhood to 64 years it was observed an increase in the number of cases to decrease in latter stages. On pediatrics age, there is a high rate of cases of leukemia for boys and girls, followed by Central Nervous System (CNS) tumors in boys and osteosarcomas in girls. For adults, most of cases were observed between 55 and 64 years to decrease in senescent. There are more cases in women than in men; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and breast cancer, for the former and CNS tumors and lung cancer for the last. The whole number of cases decreases as age increases. CONCLUSIONS: There are differences in morbidity and mortality from cancer according to stage of growth and development of the individuals. The general mortality rate was 10% of total cases. The mortality was increased exponentially as age increases. The majority of deaths corresponded to groups between 15 to 24 years and 45 to 64 years in men, 35 to 44 years and after 65 years in women.