Abstract: Objective We provide primary epidemical status of cancer incidence and death in Heilongjiang provincial rural area by analyzing the incidence and death rate of Shangzhi town.The quality of data was evaluated through data,which was from cancer registry centre of Shangzhi analyzing.Methods The new cases diagnosed as cancer or death from cancer in 2009 were collected in Shangzhi town.The information of each case were input by Canreg4 software.Incidence rate,death rate,age-standardized rates,cumulative incidence and death rate were calculated by Excel and SPSS software.The standard of evaluating quality of cancer registry abide by National Cancer Center command.The main markers of evaluation were MV%,DCO% and M/I.Results The number of new diagnosis cases was 1254,and death cases was 742.Crude incidence rate was 203.566/10⁵,and crude death rate was 105.999/10⁵.Age-standardized incidence rates by Chinese standard population(ASIRC)and by world standard population(ASIRW)were 110.726/10⁵ and 149.046/10⁵,respectively.Age-standardized death rates by Chinese standard population(ASDRC)and world standard population(ASDRW)were 56.723/10⁵ and 79.819/10⁵,respectively Malignancy ranked on top ten incidence rate were lung cancer,liver cancer,colorectal cancer,gastric cancer,breast cancer,esophageal cancer,cervical cancer,pancreatic cancer,bladder cancer and laryngeal cancer.Lung cancer and liver cancer ranked on first and second both in male and female,and those incidence rate were 56.814/10⁵ and 40.744/10⁵ in total population,respectively.The top ten death rate of cancer type were lung cancer,liver cancer,gastric cancer,colorectal cancer,pancreatic cancer,esophageal cancer,breast cancer,bone cancer and throat cancer.Lung cancer,liver cancer and gastric cancer ranked the top three death rate,and those death rate were 33.926/10⁵,26.946/10⁵and 10.227/10⁵,respectively.The quality of registry data did not completely meet the standards of Nation Cancer Center,and need more attention.Conclusion The data from cancer registry centre of Shangzhi revealed the epidemical status of cancer incidence and death of rural area in Heilongjiang Province.The cancers frequent spectrum reflected the characteristics of cancer in rural area.In addition,more focus were paid for cancer registry in country to improve the quality of data.Furthermore,it will provide reliable evidence for cancer research and formulation of health policy.

Key words: Cancer, Incidence rate, Death rate, Cancer registry, Rural