Objective:

Identify the prevalence of the most common cancers diagnosed San Vicente de Paul Hospital, in order to achieve preventive strategies that can be covered bycomprehensive care.

Methods:

We performed a cross-sectional study using statistical packages such as Excel 2010, IBM SPSS Statistics 21 and Infostat, with which were generated measures of dispersion and central tendency and frequency distributions for the analysis of each of the variables interest.

Results:

1 % of the total population of Heredia, was diagnosed with some form of cancer, 77 % are women, male female ratio of 1: 3,28, the higher incidence of cancer is the male population of the skin and is the female uterus (iT 105 and 291 per 100 000). The central canton of Heredia is the leading first in incidents followed by San Rafael. Overall fatality is 3 % and overall mortality of 3 per 10 000, with the gastric and colon cancers the increased mortality.

Conclusion:

Is urgent implementation of plans and strategies that provide effective and clear prevention of different types of cancer, it should not be forgotten that a large percentage are preventable, if we maintain healthy lifestyles.

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