Re: Cancer Incidence Rates

[John Goldsmith <gjohn@bgumail.bgu.ac.il>]

These data do show a flattening of mortality rates.  But they are not
cancer incidence rates.  Cancer incidence rates for similar populations
also age adjusted have been going up.  Let us give the increases in  
effective treatment all credit, but as concerns environmental exposures,
these data are inadequate to define possibly relevant trends.  While spinning 
the threads for education for radiological health personnel, let me note that 
epidemiology and toxicology seem to be needed.
                      John Goldsmith
On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Bernard L Cohen wrote:

> Since no one has posted the numbers, here they are for male mortality
> rates per 100,000 age-adjusted for all cancers(ICD140-205)  except lung
> (ICD162-165) as obtained from CDC Wonder data files:
> 1979-106
> 1980-107
> 1981-105
> 1982-105
> 1983-106
> 1984-106
> 1985-106
> 1986-106
> 1987-105
> 1988-105
> 1989-106
> 1990-106
> 1991-105
> 1992-104
> 1993-104
> 1994-104
> Not much evidence for increasing with time.
> Bernard L. Cohen
> Physics Dept.
> University of Pittsburgh
> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
> Tel: (412)624-9245
> Fax: (412)624-9163
> e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu
> 
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