[On the epidemiology of malignant neoplasms in the German Democratic Republic in the period of 1962 to 1972 (author's transl)].

On the basis of the model for the evaluation of mass attendance, described in (2), a first survey is given on the epidemiology of malignant neoplasms (sum of all diagnoses 140-209 ICD, 8. Rev.) from 1962 to 1972. The development of prevalence in male and female populations is about the same (a clear increase during 1967 and 1969). In spite of a lower incidence of care by women than by men, the mass attendence of women is clearly greater than of men, because the prognosis for women is better than for men. The 5-years-survival rates are for women about 38% and for men only 14%. The cancer prevalence in the GDR (population about 17 Mio.) is nearly 400000, supposed that medical care for cancer patients ends only by death of the patient. An analysis of single diagnosis is not given in this paper.