The incidence of gastrointestinal malignancies is on the rise globally.

OBJECTIVE

Comparative assessment of regional standardized mortality rates (SDRs) from gastrointestinal cancer for 2019—2021.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The Rosstat data provided at the request of the NMIC T&M were used on the basis of the Brief Nomenclature of the Causes of Death of Rosstat (KNPSR) on the number of deaths according to the C51 form «Deaths by sex and one-year age groups» and on the average annual population by one-year age groups by sex and age by 82 regions of the Russian Federation (we did not separately analyze the autonomous districts that are part of the subject of the federation).

RESULTS

In all gastrointestinal tract malignancies, the average regional SDR values (per 100.000 of the population) for the years 2019—2021 were 63.52±12.61 in 2019, 61.89±11.85 in 2020, and 61.89±11.85 in 2021. The SDR from gastrointestinal cancer varied significantly between regions (the maximum SDR was 4 times higher than the lowest). Only six regions (in 2010 compared to 2019 and in 2021 compared to 2020) saw an annual rise in SDR, and 28 regions saw an annual decline in SDR. Malignant neoplasms of the stomach, colon, and pancreas were the sources of the highest average regional SDRs in other regions affected by multidirectional alterations in the SCS.

CONCLUSIONS

Significant variability of regional SDR from gastrointestinal malignancies was revealed; only a third of the regions showed an annual decrease in indicators.