ABSTRACT
Objective@#To estimate the incidence, mortality and characteristics of cancer in Pearl River Delta Area of Guangdong Province between 2009-2013.@*Methods@#Based on five population-based cancer registration data from Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Sihui spanning from 2009 to 2013, along with those corresponding population data, the incidence and mortality rates were estimated by gender and age groups. Chinese standard population derived from the 2000 Population Census and Segi′s standard population were used for age-standardized incidence and mortality rates.@*Results@#Between 2009 and 2013, the crude cancer incidence rate was 262.50/100 000, 274.76/100 000 in male and 249.49/100 000 in female. After adjusting for Chinese and Segi′s standard population, the age-standardized incidence rates were 225.63/100 000 and 219.88/100 000, respectively. The crude mortality rate was 175.51/100 000, 222.92/100 000 in male and 127.46/100 000 in female, respectively. After adjusting for Chinese and Segi′s standard population, the age-standardized mortality rates were 116.02 /100 000 and 114.31/100 000, respectively. The incidence rates were at low levels in the population less than 40 years old, thereafter went up rapidly with age especially in male, and then reached the peak in the population aged 80 and above. As with incidence, the mortality rates kept at low levels in the population before their 50 s and then rose up steadily with age until peaking in the 85+ age group. The most common cancers were female breast cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer with descending incidence rate. Lung cancer, liver cancer, colorectal cancer, female breast cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer were the top five cancer-attributable causes of death.@*Conclusions@#Currently, Pearl River Delta Area were faced with huge cancer burden. Lung cancer, colorectal cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, female breast cancer and male liver cancer are predominant cancers and more efforts should be made to fight against them.
ABSTRACT
Objective To understand the current status of the sanitation of freshwater aquaculture environments ,and Clo-norchis sinensis infection of freshwater fish in the aquaculture and market in a city of Pearl River Delta region,so as to provide the evidence for formulating the prevention and control strategy of clonorchiasis sinensis. Methods In 2016,based on the dis-tribution of freshwater aquaculture,36 freshwater fish ponds among 14 towns were selected for sampling and investigation,and 10-20 pieces were collected from each pond. Besides,3 aquatic product wholesale markets were included,among which 3-6 stalls were selected from each market,and 20-30 pieces were collected from each stall. The metacercaria in the fish was exam-ined by the digestion method. Results In the 36 fish ponds,there were no toilets with the stool being drained into fish ponds di-rectly,and there was only one pond with duck sheds with the stool being drained into fish ponds directly. Totally 437 pieces of freshwater fish from ponds were detected,with a metacercaria positive rate of 4.35％(19/437). The metacercaria positive fish were distributed in 50％(7/14)of towns and 25％(9/36)ponds. The positive rates of crucian carp,grass carp,dace,aristich-thysnobilis,and tilapia were 13.95％(6/43),4.76％(9/189),4.44(2/45),1.55％(2/129),and 0(0/31)respectively,with statistically significant difference(χ2=13.46,P=0.01). Totally 307 pieces of freshwater fish were collected from the wholesale markets,with a total positive rate of 1.95％(6/307). The positive rate of grass carp and aristichthysnobilis were 3.20％(4/125) and 2.78％(2/72)respectively,and no positive samples were found in crucian carp,dace and tilapia,with no statistically sig-nificant difference among the different fish in the infection rate(Fisher exact P=0.75). Conclusions The sanitation of fresh-water aquaculture environments in a city of Pearl River Delta region is relative good. However,there are different degrees of Clo-norchis sinensis infection of freshwater fish in some aquaculture environments and markets.
ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of patients with craniocerebral injury in primary level hospital of Pearl River Delta and provide evidences for developing reasonable prevention and management policy of this disease. Methods The gender,age,injury time,occupation,injury mechanism, injury information,the relation between the craniocerebral injury and the alcohol drink in the 1 898 patients with craniocerebral injury admitted to Changping People's Hospital of Dongguan in Guangdong Province were analyzed with descriptive epidemiological method. Results There were more male cases with craniocerebral injury than in female ones(1 402 cases vs. 496 cases). The major group of craniocerebral injury consisted of patients aged between 20 to 39 years old〔1088 cases(57.32%)〕. The incidence of the injury in productive workers was higher than that of employees in other kinds of work〔57.48%(1 091 cases)vs. 42.52%(807 cases)〕. The incidences of such cases were the highest between March to May〔28.71%(545 cases)〕and in October〔9.69%(184 cases)〕,December〔11.22%(213 cases)〕than those in other months. The peak days of the incidence in a week were Saturday〔392 cases(20.65%)〕and Sunday〔375 cases(19.77%)〕,but the rate of Thursday was the lowest〔201 cases(10.59%)〕. The peak time in a day was between 18 to 24 o'clock〔961 cases(50.63%)〕. Traffic accident was the leading cause of the injury accounting for 52.95%. The incidence of mild to moderate craniocerebral injury(79.98%)was much higher than that of severe and especially severe injury(20.02%). The alcohol drink was bound up with craniocerebral injury. Conclusion The occurrence of craniocerebral injury has certain regularities concerning the respects of patients' gender, age, occupation,injury time,injury mechanism,types of injury,etc and based on the epidemiological characteristics,a proper management policy should be taken to effectively reduce the morbidity of craniocerebral injury.
ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate phthalate esters in the muscle tissues of fresh water fish in fishponds in Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong,China,Nov,2005.Methods The samples from Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong,China,were analyzed by capillary gas chromatography with FID detector through the procedure of freeze-dried,soxhlet extraction,decontaminating with alumina-silica gel columniation in Nov,2005.Results The concentration of six sorts of PAEs was detected.The concentration of DEHP was 16.10 mg/kg(dry weight),19.81 mg/kg and 11.03 mg/kg in crucian carp,grass carp and tilapia from Pearl River Delta,while being 35.97,37.98 and 26.12 mg/kg for the same species from HK respectively,but the DMP showed the lowest value,only about 0.54 mg/kg.The concentration of DBP and BOP ranged from 3 to 10 mg/kg.Conclusion The fresh water fish from Pearl River Delta were polluted by DEHP,DBP and BOP significantly and the level of pollution is different among various areas.