Morbidity and mortality in Los Alamos County, New Mexico. I. Methodological issues and preliminary results

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981 · Environ. Res.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6232050

Stebbings, Jr, J H; Voelz, G L

Cancer among Los Alamos County, New Mexico, male residents, all of whom have worked in or have lived within a few kilometers of a major plutonium plant and other nuclear facilities, has been reviewed with respect to mortality between 1950 and 1969 and incidence between 1969 and 1974. Several potentially causal occupational exposures have existed. Higher than expected incidence, currently, of cancers of the colon and rectum appears to be explained better by socioeconomic than occupational factors. Healthy worker and healthy military effects, white ethnicity, and migration are discussed as intervening variables relevant to interpreting mortality data in counties dominated by a single major facility. The utility of county data bases in the study of single local area mortality rates is reviewed.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM
• OSTI ID: 6232050
• Journal Information: Environ. Res.; (United States), Journal Name: Environ. Res.; (United States) Vol. 25:1; ISSN ENVRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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