Abstract:
Objective To determine the prevalence, disease burden, and possible causes of lung cancer.Population-based lung cancerregistration data collected from 1993 to 2012 were used to analyze the lung cancer epidemic status in Qidong City.
Methods Joinpointregression was used to calculate the trend of incidence and mortality for lung cancer.Age-period-cohort model was used to assess theeffects of age and exposure on the incidence and mortality rates.
Results Upward trends were observed both for the incidence andmortality rates of lung cancer.The risk of incidence and mortality increased with age.According to the cohort effect, the risk of lungcancer increased with recent birth dates.Women had higher risk than men.
Conclusion The incidence and mortality rates of pulmonary neoplasms have annually increased, and the exposure to risk factors for lung cancer gradually increases.Among the communitypopulation in Qidong City, people over 70 years belong to the high-risk groups.