Objectives: To describe cancer mortality rate by ICD-10 in general populations of Ho Chi Minh city, 2005-2008. Methods. Epidemiological description method was applied to examine cancer mortality
Data collection was done by three times by commune health stations in using the validated form. Results. Number of cancer death was 2,364
1,432 males and 932 females. Age-standardized cancer mortality rates (ASR) were 88.5/100.000 in male and 58.4/100.000 in female. The leading cancer was liver (ASR 31.0/100.000 in male and 13.1/100.000 in female)
followed by lung (ASR 22.4/100.000 in male and 9.5/100.000 in female) and stomach (ASR 6.5/100.000 in male and 4.9/100.000 in female). Conclusions. Cancer mortality was a serious problem in both males and females with male to female ration was 1.5.