محمدحسن لطفی
فاطمه امیری

Background: According to some studies in the western countries, %۱۲.۷ of total female cancers and %۹.۸ of all deaths resulted from cancers in the females are due to genital system carcinoma. Methods: The present analytic cross sectional study was done on the cancer registry data of Yazd province for the evaluation of trend of genital carcinoma occurrence amongst females from ۲۰۰۶ to ۲۰۱۰. The trend of cancer incidence was calculated according to age, year of occurrence, family history, income, and job and residence place. Data was analyzed using student T-test and chi-square test. Findings: There were seen higher percentages of cancer amongst age above ۵۰ years, married women and householders. Majority of those had education level of primary (%۴۰.۵) and moderate income level (%۴۹.۶). The highest incidence rate was related to year ۲۰۱۰ (%۳۰) and uterus cancers including body & endometrial was more common than others ( %۴۲.۷). The association between cancer incidence and age (p<.۰۰۱) also disease occurrence and marital status (p=.۰۳) were seen statistically significant. Cancers of uterus and cervix among subjects with age above ۵۰ and cancer of ovary among females under ۳۰ years was more common. Conclusion: our results showed that the incidence rate of genital carcinoma amongst Yazdi females has had a increasing trend from ۲۰۰۶ to ۲۰۱۰ and socio- economic factors had significant role in the causation of cancer. This is the same indicators coming from developing countries where community health is influencing from socio-economic and environmental changes.

Cancer, Genital, Female, Trend, Yazd, سرطان, ژنیتال, روند, زنان, یزد, ایران