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 from cancer registry centre of Shangzhi analyzing. Method The cases new 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/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 by 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 were rank 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 didn’t completely meet the standards of Nation Cancer Center, and need more attention. The data from cancer registry centre of Shangzhi revealed the epidemical status of cancer incidence and death of rural area in Heilongjiang Province. And 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