Youth Cancer Diagnoses Decline in Azerbaijan

A total of 326 young people aged 14 to 29 were diagnosed with malignant neoplasms for the first time in Azerbaijan in 2025, according to the State Statistical Committee. This marks a decrease of 67 cases, or 17%, compared to 2024. Among the youth diagnosed in 2025, 168 were male and 158 were female, compared to 189 males and 204 females recorded the previous year.

Among adolescents aged 14 to 17, newly identified cases dropped from 70 to 43 (26 males and 17 females), while cases in the 18 to 29 age group fell from 323 to 283 (142 males and 141 females). Across the entire population, primary diagnoses of malignant tumors totaled 15,144 in 2025, down slightly from 15,164 in 2024.

Gulnar Nazimgizi