Abstract: Objective To guide the formulation of prevention focus of disease control and get reasonable configuration of the limited health resources through the evaluation of main malignant tumors burden in Baoding urban residents of Hebei province in 2009. Methods This paper evaluated Baoding urban resident's malignant tumor burden by analyzing the incidence of malignant tumors and the death cases. Besides, it used the method of the disability adjusted life years(DALY), which was calculated by the early loss of life years (YLL) death and disability loss of life years (YLD). Results In 2009, the incidence in urban residents of Baoding was 232.44/100000 and the cancer mortality was 75.58/100000, the top 5 burden of malignant tumor were bronchial and lung cancer, liver cancer, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer and colorectal cancer, the DALY for per thousand were 4.8, 1.9, 1.2, 1.1 and 0.9 years respectively, the malignant tumor in 2009 in Baoding city caused the loss of 12.8 life years per thousand people, the burden of malignant tumor mainly occurred in the people over 45 years old. Conclusion In the urban residents of Baoding, the burden of bronchial and lung cancer, liver cancer, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer and colorectal cancer is heavy and mainly concentrated in the people over 45 years old.

Key words: malignant tumor, cancer burden of disease, disability-adjusted life years