Question

Determine the cancer death rate for each of the cancer sites.

University Hospital Cancer Registry Annual Report Selected Cancers Report 20XX
Type of Cancer	No. of Discharges and Deaths	No. of Deaths	Cancer Death Rate
Breast	410	19
Prostate	389	12

Answer 1

Cancer   

             Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells anywhere in a body. These abnormal cells are termed cancer cells, malignant cells, or tumor cells. These cells can infiltrate normal body tissues.

             A cancer mortality rate is the number of deaths, with cancer as the underlying cause of death, occurring in a specified population during a year. Cancer mortality is usually expressed as the number of deaths due to cancer per 100,000 population.

Cancer mortality rate can be calculated by using the formula:

             Mortality Rate = (Cancer Deaths / Population) × 1000

In this scenario,

Mortality rate in the Breast Cancer can be calculated by:

                   Mortality Rate = (Cancer Deaths / Population) × 1000

                                            = 19 / 410 × 1000

                                            = 46%          

Mortality rate in the Prostate Cancer can be calculated by:

                Mortality Rate = (Cancer Deaths / Population) × 1000

                                         = 12 / 389 × 1000

                                         = 30%