Female sex organs malignancies incidence in Plovdiv district for the period 1986-1996.

The aim of the recent survey is to investigate the dynamics of female sex organs malignancies (carcinoma of the uterine corpus, cervical carcinoma and ovarial carcinoma) incidence and to make a structural analysis. The incidence of female sex organs malignancies increases every other year from 37.7 cases in 1986 to 58.64 cases per 100,000 women in 1996. The cervical carcinoma incidence for that period increases from 8.1 cases in 1986 to 14.65 cases per 100,000 women in 1996. For the same period endometrial carcinoma incidence increases from 16.2 cases to 24.74 cases per 100,000 and ovarial carcinoma incidence--from 13.0 cases to 19.64 cases per 100,000. Malignancy staging is an important part of the study. Clinical stage I is diagnosed only in 25.28% of the new cases, stage II--in 46.02%, stage III--in 17.75% and, stage IV--in 10.95% of the cases. The incidence of female sex organs malignancies in the examined, regions and locations shows that there are some differences between the three regions of Plovdiv district (Plovdiv, Pazardjik and Smolyan). The region of Plovdiv has a highest incidence. There are also a differences in the incidence between the citizens of the town and the villages.