The Incidence of Pharyngeal Cancer in the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2019–2022

<b>Introduction: </b>Pharyngeal cancer is a rapidly progressing disease that leads to disability. Epidemiological studies are one of the components of the anti-cancer measures. Knowledge of the territorial prevalence of tumors allows us to solve the issues of their prevention and early detection.<br /> The <b>aim </b>of the present study was Epidemiological analysis of the incidence of pharyngeal cancer in the Republic of Azerbaijan.<br /> Methodology: The analysis of the epidemiological situation was carried out using incidence rate, attack rate and age-standardized rate per 100.000 population from 2019 to 2022 in the Republic of Azerbaijan<br /> <b>Results: </b>The incidence rates of pharyngeal cancer in the Republic of Azerbaijan for the period 2019–2022 were varied in the range 1,0–1,2<sup> </sup>(men) and 0,5–0,7 (women) . A similar case was observed in attack rates which were 4,9<sup> </sup>-5,7<sup> </sup>in males, 3,2<sup>- </sup>3,5<sup> </sup>in females. The highest values of the standardized rates of the incidence of pharyngeal cancer were observed in the age group of 50–59 years and 60–69 years for both sex.<br /> <b>Conclusion:</b> The incidence of pharyngeal cancer remained stable over the study period. The incidence of this form of cancer was relatively higher among men than among women.