[目的]了解沈阳市1998～2008年肺癌死亡状况,为开展肺癌的一级预防提供科学依据。[方法]将沈阳市各医院从1998～2008年所上报到沈阳市CDC经临床、CT以及病理检测确诊并已经死亡的肺癌病例通过三间分布进行研究。[结果]沈阳市肺癌死亡占恶性肿瘤死亡的36.94;肺癌粗死亡率为64.62/10万,男性肺癌死亡率较女性上升显著,各年龄组男性肺癌死亡率均高于女性(P﹤0.05)。[结论]沈阳市肺癌是恶性肿瘤的第1位死因;肺癌死亡率高于全国平均水平,男女肺癌死亡率均排全国前例;肺癌死亡年龄构成有了新的变化。沈阳市五城区人口构成不同及肺癌危险因素的变化,造成各区肺癌死亡率的差异 [Objective] To understand the death of lung cancer in Shenyang from 1998 to 2008 and provide a scientific basis for primary prevention of lung cancer. [Methods] The cases of lung cancer diagnosed and died of CDC clinically, CT and pathological examination in Shenyang City from 1998 to 2008 were reported by Shenyang hospitals. [Results] The death of lung cancer in Shenyang accounted for 36.94 deaths of malignant tumors; the crude death rate of lung cancer was 64.62 / 100 000. The mortality of lung cancer in men was significantly higher than that of women. The mortality of lung cancer was higher in all age groups than in women (P <0.05). [Conclusion] The lung cancer in Shenyang is the first cause of death of malignant tumor; the death rate of lung cancer is higher than the national average level; the death rate of lung cancer in both men and women is in the whole country; the age of death of lung cancer has a new change. The population composition of Shenyang City Wucheng District and the changes of risk factors of lung cancer, resulting in differences in lung cancer mortality in all districts