Document Details
Title:
LOW CANCER INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY IN UTAH
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
DEATH; NEOPLASMS; HUMAN POPULATIONS
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1976 Sep 10
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0011
Accession Number:
NV0016924
Originating Research Org.:
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
UTAH CANCER MORTALITY FOR THE YEARS 1950-1969 AND MORBIDITY FOR THE YE ARS 1966-1970 ARE REPORTED. UTAH HAD 18 PERCENT FEWER CASES OF CANCER THAN EXPECTED BASED ON THE THIRD NATIONAL CANCER SURVEY, AND 24 PERCEN T FEWER CANCER DEATHS THAN EXPECTED BASED ON NATIONAL MORTALITY DATA. CANCER SITES ASSOCIATED WITH CIGARETTE SMOKING AND ALCHOL USE ACCOUNTE D FOR NEARLY HALF OF THESE DIFFERENCES. SEVERAL MAJOR SITES NOT STRONG LY ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKING SHOWED LOWER INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY THAN E XPECTED. THESE INCLUDED PANCREAS, COLON, RECTUM, FEMALE BREAST, UTERIN E CERVIX AND OVARY. A MARKED EXCESS OCCURRENCE ABOVE EXPECTATION WAS O BSERVED FOR CANCER OF THE LIP. SOME POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS OF THESE FINDINGS ARE DISCUSSED, INCLUDING SOME OF THE UNIQUE ASPECTS OF THE UT AH POPULATION.