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In 1999, the Radiation Hygiene network established a methodology to monitor the health status of the population groups living in the vicinity of nuclear facilities. The present report is part of a larger survey on four population groups residing in the neighbourhood of important nuclear facilities. The results presented in this paper were drawn for the year 2010, for the Cernavoda area, and from all the data analyzed during the interval 1999-2010. The study population included all the inhabitants residing in the communities within 30 km around the NPP Cernavoda. The total number of persons was 85.867. For the year 2009, we estimated the overall mortality rate, specific mortality rate from solid cancer, specific mortality rate from blood malignancies, the incidence rate of solid cancer, and the incidence rate of blood malignancies. In 2010, the overall mortality rate was of 8.39‰ (for the year 2009, the overall mortality rate for Romania was of 11.98‰). The mortality rate from solid cancer was of 133.7 ‰ (the ratio O/E 49.6). The mortality rate from blood malignancies (leukemia and lymphomas) was of 12.02 ‰. The incidence rate of solid cancer was of 140.58 ‰ (O/E 44.35). The incidence of blood malignancies was of 7.64 ‰. Between 1999 and 2010, among the population living in the Cernavoda area, the overall mortality rates, and the specific mortality rates from solid cancer had values that were constantly lower than the corresponding rates for the entire country. The mortality rates from blood malignancies have increased during the years 2009 and 2010; compared to the corresponding rates for the other population groups included in the survey, the values for the Cernavoda area were the highest. During the entire time interval, the incidence of solid cancer was lower than the incidence for the entire country. The incidence of blood malignancies was the highest in 2009. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 1999, the Radiation Hygiene network established a methodology to monitor the health status of the population groups living in the vicinity of nuclear facilities. The present report is part of a larger survey on four population groups residing in the neighborhood of important nuclear facilities. The results presented in this paper were drawn for the year 2010, for the Cernavoda area, and from all the data analyzed during the interval 1999-2010. The study population included all the inhabitants residing in the communities within 30 km around the NPP Cernavoda. The total number of persons was 85.867. For the year 2009, we estimated the overall mortality rate, specific mortality rate from solid cancer, specific mortality rate from blood malignancies, the incidence rate of solid cancer, and the incidence rate of blood malignancies. In 2010, the overall mortality rate was of 8.39‰ (for the year 2009, the overall mortality rate for Romania was of 11.98‰). The mortality rate from solid cancer was of 133.7 ‰ (the ratio O/E 49.6). The mortality rate from blood malignancies (leukemia and lymphomas) was of 12.02 ‰. The incidence rate of solid cancer was of 140.58 ‰ (O/E 44.35). The incidence of blood malignancies was of 7.64 ‰. Between 1999 and 2010, among the population living in the Cernavoda area, the overall mortality rates, and the specific mortality rates from solid cancer had values that were constantly lower than the corresponding rates for the entire country. The mortality rates from blood malignancies have increased during the years 2009 and 2010; compared to the corresponding rates for the other population groups included in the survey, the values for the Cernavoda area were the highest. During the entire time interval, the incidence of solid cancer was lower than the incidence for the entire country. The incidence of blood malignancies was the highest in 2009. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]