Burden of Cancer in Russia

Student: Tursun-zade Rustam

Supervisor: Sergey Timonin

Educational Programme: Population and Development (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2017

This paper analyzes mortality and morbidity of the population of Russian Federation due to malignant neoplasms using the Global Burden of Disease methodology for the years 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015. The assessment of the tools and methods used in the methodology is also provided. The quality assessment of the data on cancer mortality and morbidity is given alongside the various indicators that are calculated by using the decomposition method.

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