Incidence Rate of Top Ten Cancers among Children 0-14 Year in Iraq 2023
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Objective(s): The present study aims at determining the incidence rate of the top ten cancers among children 0-14 year in Iraq 2023.
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 2023. convenient sample of (1922) 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 the total number of children with cancers are representing (4.5%) of all cancer cases of all age groups in Iraq. Leukemia has the highest 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 2023.
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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Khalifa, M. F., & Abdulwahid, H. S. (2026). Incidence Rate of Top Ten Cancers among Children 0-14 Year in Iraq 2023. International Journal of Medical and All Body Health Research, 7(2), 06-09. https://doi.org/10.54660/IJMBHR.2026.7.2.06-09
Khalifa, Mohammed F, and Hala S Abdulwahid. "Incidence Rate of Top Ten Cancers among Children 0-14 Year in Iraq 2023." International Journal of Medical and All Body Health Research, vol. 7, no. 2, 2026, pp. 06-09. https://doi.org/10.54660/IJMBHR.2026.7.2.06-09.
Khalifa, M. F. and Abdulwahid, H. S. (2026) 'Incidence Rate of Top Ten Cancers among Children 0-14 Year in Iraq 2023', International Journal of Medical and All Body Health Research, 7(2), pp. 06-09. doi: 10.54660/IJMBHR.2026.7.2.06-09.
Khalifa MF, Abdulwahid HS. Incidence Rate of Top Ten Cancers among Children 0-14 Year in Iraq 2023. International Journal of Medical and All Body Health Research. 2026;7(2):06-09. doi:10.54660/IJMBHR.2026.7.2.06-09
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