[Mortality in gastric cancer in Yugoslavia 1969-1983]

From 1969 to 1983, 3658 death cases of stomach cancer in Yugoslavia were recorded, the standardized mortality rate being 15.9 per 100,000. In the same period, the highest mortality rates were noticed in Slovenia--23.5% and in Croatia and Macedonia--21.5% in each republic. Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina followed with 21.5 deaths from stomach cancer per 100,000 in each republic. Montenegro has the lowest mortality rate--5.7%. During 15 years, there was a marked decrease of the stomach cancer mortality for both sexes in Yugoslavia; the equation of the linear trend were y = 24.9-0.23x for males and y = 12.3-0.6x for females. According to the WHO statistical data on the stomach cancer mortality, Yugoslavia occupies the middle place among the countries with high and low risks of cancer.