Klin Onkol 1996; 9(4): 121-125.
Summary: There were 635,317 incident cases of cancer notified in the Czech Republic in the period from 1976 to 1991, 51.8% in males and 48.2% in females. In males, the most frequent cancers were those of lung 23.8%, other skin 15%, and colorectum 12.5%, in females, cancers of breast 16.1%, other skin 15.7%, and colorectum 11,3%. The overall cancer incidence rates per 100 000 population increased in males from 382.3 to 486.6 (22.6%), in females from 319.6 to 420.8 (31.7%) within the 16 years. The average annual increase was 1.8% in males and 2.6% in females. The daily number of incident cases was 98 in 1977,125 in 1991, and 148 can be estimated for the year 2000. The development of the numbers of cancers of stomach, intestine, rectum, lung, malignant skin melanoma, other skin, breast, cervix, uterus, ovary, prostate, bladder, and kidney has been compared on the basis of six criteria. Among the Czech regions, a marked acceleration of the incidence of malignancies has been observed in the regions of West, Central and Northern Bohemia, a mild increase in Prague, Eastern and Southern Bohemia, while a more promising development has been observed in the regions of Southern and Northern Moravia.
