Incidence Rate of Top Ten Cancers among Children 0-14 Year in Iraq 2022
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Objective(s): The present study aims at determining the incidence rate of the top ten cancer among children 0-14 year in Iraq 2022.
Methodology: A descriptive, prospective, study is carried throughout the present study to determine the incidence rate of top ten cancers among children 0-14 year in Iraq 2022. convenient sample of (1597) child is included in the study. Such sample is recruited from the records of the Iraqi Council of Cancer Registry Center at the Ministry of Health in Iraq. Incidence rate is computed for each cancer and the children demographic characteristics are gathered through the use of demographic data sheet that include age and gender of each child.
Results: Analysis of the results depicts that leukemia has the higher incidence rate among all cancers in Iraqi children with respect to their age and gender.
Conclusion: The study concludes that leukemia is accounted to have higher incidence rate among the top ten childhood cancers in Iraq 2022.
Recommendations: The study recommends that the increasing trend of leukemia requires further epidemiological studies to describe incidence by geography in Iraq. Further research, in this area, is essential for understanding the causes underlying these trends and their impact more thoroughly.
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