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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 114, No. 2: 218-228
Copyright © 1981 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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MORTALITY FROM CANCER OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM IN ITALY: 1950–1975 CROSS-SECTIONAL RATES AND COHORT ANALYSIS

VITO MASTRANDREA1, FRANCESCO LA ROSA2,2, ALBERTO CRESCI2 and FRANCO PANNELLI2

1Institute of Hygiene, Perugia University Italy
2Institute of Hygiene, Camerino University 62032 Camerino, Italy

2Reprint requests to Dr. La Rossa

In this study of mortality from cancer of the digestive system in italy, 1950–1975, both cross-sectional rates and cohort analysis were used. The study found that in both sexes age-standardized rates for cancer of the colon, rectum, liver and biliary tract, and pancreas are increasing whereas the rates for cancer of the stomach are decreasing. Rates for esophagus cancer have remained fairly constant. Cohort analysis showed different trends for selected sites. As to cancer of the stomach, for both sexes, cohorts born up until about 1881 have constant or increasing rates; cohorts born after 1881 have declining rates. For cancer of the esophagus in males the rates reach a peak in the 1896 birth-cohort; cohorts born prior to 1896 show an increase in rates and cohorts born later show a decline. For cancer of the colon, liver and biliary tract, and pancreas, the rates rise constantly for all ages and all cohorts in both sexes. The rates for cancer of the rectum rise after age 75 whereas below that age the rates tend to level off and decline.

digestive system neoplasms; mortality


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