Situation of Lung Cancer among The Population of Mongolia
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2019, Vol 12, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Mongolians have World’s worst air. Power plants in winter time work nonstop because of severe cold winter time in Mongolia. Smoke from coal fires shrouds the shantytowns of the capital, Ulaanbaatar, in a brown fog in winter time. Levels of air pollution in Mongolia 80 times more than recommended safety level set by the WHO. Method: Systematic reviews and observational studies on lung cancer in Mongolia have taken place over the past 10 years. Results: Critical level of air pollution and highest incidence of respiratory diseases make Mongolian population prone and risky to lung cancer. Since 2008 till 2017 the incidence of respiratory diseases increased from 972.9 till 1647.4 per 10000 population. Mortality rate from cancer increased from 11.80 in 2008 till 13.03 in 2017. Lung cancer is a 3rd cancer within hall population of Mongolia, and 3rd cancer within man population and 10th cancer within women population in Mongolia. In 2007, level of the lung cancer in Mongolia was 9.9 per 100.000 population, in 2017 the incidence rate of lung cancer became 14. In 2017 93.8% of lung cancer diagnosed in incurable stage III, IV and just 6.2% of lung cancer diagnosed in the stage I, II. 64% (280) of patients within 435 new registered lung cancer patients in Mongolia in 2017 received palliative treatment and just 36% of lung cancer patients received different combination of anticancer treatment. Conclusion: Available data indicate that danger air pollution, increased incidence of respiratory diseases, increased risk of lung cancer in Mongolia. There is a very important to implement real national program against air pollution. In Mongolia, approximately 93.8% of the lung cancer patients were diagnosed at the late stage (III and IY), which requires the implementation of early detection and good treatment of lung cancer program.Territory of Mongolia is 1,565 million km2. Population of Mongolia is 3 million 177.9 thousand. 67.6% of population lives in cities and 32.4% resides in rural areas. 1463.0 thousand people or 46.0 % of the population resides in Ulaanbaatar. The middle life expectancy at birth in 2017 was 69.9. Female life expectancy is 75.4 years and male life expectancy is 65.9 years. 30.5 % of the population is children under 15 years, 65.7 % aged 15-64 years, and 3.9 % is over 65 [1,11]. World’s worst air have Mongolians seeing Red, Planning Action. Power plants in winter time work nonstop because of severe cold winter time in Mongolia. Smoke from coal fires shrouds the shantytowns of the capital, Ulaanbaatar, in a brown fog in winter time (Figure 1). Levels of air pollution in Mongolia 80 times more than recommended safety level set by the WHO. The daily average levels of particulate matter in the air settled at 1,071 micrograms in December [2-4].
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Odontuya Davaasuren
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