Objectives: To describe cancer mortality rate by ICD-10 in general populations of Ho Chi Minh city, 2005-2008. Methods. Epidemiological description method was applied to examine cancer mortality; Data collection was done by three times by commune health stations in using the validated form. Results. Number of cancer death was 2,364; 1,432 males and 932 females. Age-standardized cancer mortality rates (ASR) were 88.5/100.000 in male and 58.4/100.000 in female. The leading cancer was liver (ASR 31.0/100.000 in male and 13.1/100.000 in female); followed by lung (ASR 22.4/100.000 in male and 9.5/100.000 in female) and stomach (ASR 6.5/100.000 in male and 4.9/100.000 in female). Conclusions. Cancer mortality was a serious problem in both males and females with male to female ration was 1.5.
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