The changing pattern of cancer mortality in South Africa

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1975-05-31

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Bradshaw, Evelyn
Harington, J.S.

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Medical Association of South Africa

Abstract

Cancer mortality rates for Whites, Coloureds and Asians for the period 1949 - 1969 have been analysed, and a changing pattern has been found. Some comparisons with other countries have been made, and the risk for each race group has been delineated for cancers at the commonest sites.

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Cancer, Mortality, South Africa, Whites, Coloureds, Asians, Risk, Race group, Comparison, Populations, Death statistics, Analysis, Age-specific cancer, Stomach cancer, Lung cancer, Colon cancer, Oesophageal cancer, Prostate cancer, Breast cancer, Uterine cancer, Uterine cervix cancer, Cancer incidence, Estimates, Morbidity surveys, Changing pattern

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Bradshaw, E & Harington, JS 1974, 'The changing pattern of cancer mortality in South Africa, 1949-1969', South African Medical Journal, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 919-925. [http://archive.samj.org.za]

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/39638

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