Mortality in the most common malignant tumors in women in Serbia

: The incidence and mortality rate due to the most common malignant tumors in women in Serbia 1982-1991 were presented. Records from the Republic Institute of Statistics were used as the source of data. Descriptive method was used in epidemiological analysis. Within the period 1982-1991, women in Serbia had died most frequently due to malignant tumors of breast, lung, cervix, rectum, liver, colon, ovary, pancreas and uterine body. Tendency towards increased mortality rate due to the cancer of the breast, cervix, ovary, pancreas, rectum and colon has been registered in this period. Reduced mortality rate was observed in the cancers of uterine body, liver and stomach.