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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 126, No. 3: 377-384
Copyright © 1987 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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AGE DEPENDENCE OF COHORT PHENOMENA IN BREAST CANCER MORTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES

MAURICIO HERNANDEZ AVILA1,2, and ALEXANDER M. WALKER1

1Department of Epidemiology, Harvard University School of Public Health 677 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115
2Instituto Nacional de La Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico

Reprint requests to Dr. Mauricio Hernandez Avila

Hernandez Avila, M. (Dept. of Epidemiology, Harvard U. School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115), and A. M. Walker. Age dependence of cohort phenomena in breast cancer mortality in the United States. Am J Epidemiol 1987;126:377-84.

Breast cancer mortality has increased in most parts of the world, and many explanations have been postulated. In this paper, the authors examined the evolution of mortality rates for white and nonwhite females in the United States from 1950-1979. Using both graphic techniques and Poisson regression models, they found that there has been strong modification of apparent cohort effects by age. For both white and nonwhite females, they observed an increase in mortality rates limited to the postmenopausal ages.

breast neoplasms; mortality; regression analysis


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