Lung cancer – statistical analysis data in a 5 year period in Strumica, Republic of North Macedonia
1 Faculty of Medical Sciences, University Goce Delchev, Shtip, Republic of Macedonia.
2 Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
3 Medicine Faculty, St. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 06(02), 024-029
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2020.6.2.0120
Publication history:
Received on 22 April 2020; revised on 27 April 2020; accepted on 29 April 2020
Abstract:
The lung carcinoma occurs when the cells of healthy lung tissue begin with uncontrolled structural proliferation and form a tumor formation in the lungs. For the purposes of this paper was used data from the Center for Public Health – Strumica, Republic of Northern Macedonia in the period of 2013 to 2017 ie within 5 years. The results show that in Strumica, for a period of five years, the total number of people diagnosed with lung cancer is 265. According the results in 2014 and 2015 the number of diagnosed patients is increasing and in 2016 and 2017 the number of patients is declining. 80% are male patients and 20% female. The most diagnosed patients with lung cancer in Strumica are on age from 59 to 65. The youngest patient with lung cancer is at the age of 24 and the oldest is at the age of 89. From the analysis of the Institute of Public Health, the highest rate of lung cancer mortality is in 2016 ie 43.5 % and the lowest mortality rate has in 2015 with 40.6%. In the Republic of Macedonia the number of patients with lung cancer is increasing. At the last few years the number of new cases per year is over 900 patients. Globally, lung cancer is a very common phenomenon that continues to increase.
Keywords:
Carcinoma; Lungs; Pulmonology; Strumica; Statistics
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