Incidence of gall bladder cancer in rural and semi-urban population of north central India: A first insight

Abstract

There is marked increase in the incidence of gall bladder cancer (GBC) in Indian subcontinent in recent times. No hospital based data or registry is available for this important cancer from North Central province of India. The present study aims to make a first insight into the pattern of GBC in North Central region of India during the year (2007-08). A retrospective study was carried out at the Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, to identify the pattern of GBC in different districts of north central India. The data obtained were analyzed for statistical significance by calculating the average value of the parameters followed by sample t-test using Graph Pad Prism 5. Most of the patients were from rural background with poor economic status (55.07%) with low body mass index (BMI ≤18.5) and were either uneducated or educated up to primary level only. The crude incidence rate of GBC was 15.5/1, 00,000 in females and 5.9/1, 00,000 in males. The female/male ratio was 2.3 for gall bladder diseases.