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Time trends in avoidable cancer mortality in Switzerland and neighbouring European countries 1996-2010.

QUESTION UNDER STUDY What are the trends in avoidable cancer mortality in Switzerland and neighbouring countries? METHODS Mortality data and population estimates 1996-2010 were obtained from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office for Switzerland and the World Health Organization Mortality Database (http://www.who.int/healthinfo/mortality_data/en/) for Austria, Germany, France and Italy. Age sta...

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Diverging trends in colorectal cancer morbidity and mortality. Earlier diagnosis comes at a price.

In developed countries, time trends in the incidence of colorectal cancer differ markedly from trends in mortality. This study sought to explain simultaneously changes in both colorectal cancer incidence and mortality. Data on first admissions, interventions and outcome from the national hospital registry over the period 1978-1989 and data on mortality from Statistics Netherlands over the same ...

Trends in Colorectal Cancer Survival in Switzerland

In Switzerland the incidence of colorectal cancer ranks third in males and second in females, with about 4000 new patients diagnosed each year (1). Incidence trends over the last decades have remained constant in both sexes, whereas mortality rates have been decreasing. Decreasing mortality is thought to be related to improved treatment during the past years as well as generalisation of colorec...

Mortality from Parkinson's disease in England and Wales 1921-89.

Mortality from Parkinson's disease in England and Wales was re-examined using published government statistics. The 300% increase in the crude mortality rate between 1921 and 1989 was largely attributable to the increase in the elderly population who suffer a higher prevalence of the disease. The dramatic fall in 1940 and rise in 1984 were artefacts caused by changes in certification. Age-specif...