The age-standardized lung cancer incidence rate among women in the United States has decreased for each of the last 3 years for which data are available (1999-2001). We conducted this study to assess the stability and near-term sustainability of this decrease. We examined temporal trends in age-specific lung cancer incidence by calendar year and birth cohort and measured trends in the age-stand...

Background: Accidents and injuries are one of the most important causes of disability and death in developing countries. This study was conducted to determine the incidence rate and epidemiological characteristics of accidents in the Khomein city. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was done by national program of accidents and injuries registry data in the Khomein ci...

BACKGROUNDS Even though the incidence and mortality from stomach cancer declined dramatically, it remains the third most frequent cancer worldwide. This study analysed the incidence and resulting mortality, and possible reasons for any differences identified between the Slovak Republic and other countries. MATERIAL AND METHODS Analysis of national data covering the period from 1968 to 2006. T...

Almost all previous studies of familial risk of epilepsy have had potentially serious methodological limitations. Our goal was to address these limitations and provide more rigorous estimates of familial risk in a population-based study. We used the unique resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project to identify all 660 Rochester, Minnesota residents born in 1920 or later with incidence of e...

AIM To describe and interpret lung cancer incidence and mortality trends in Croatia between 1988 and 2008. METHODS Incidence data on lung cancer for the period 1988-2008 were obtained from the Croatian National Cancer Registry, while mortality data were obtained from the World Health Organization mortality database. Population estimates for Croatia were obtained from the Population Division o...

Performances of some common confidence interval construction procedures for direct standardized incidence or mortality rate were compared. The asymptotic method, the method based on matching moments, the method based on gamma distribution and the method based on beta distribution were investigated through Monte Carlo simulations based on data from an epidemiologic study of cardiovascular diseas...

abstract: background: evidence suggests that the incidence of many cancers including bowel cancer vary according to socioeconomic status and education. in case of colorectal cancer, the direction of this association might be even different for anatomical subsites. the aim of this study was to describe the variation in the incidence of colorectal cancer by subsites across north of england and co...

Volunteers for prevention or screening trials are generally healthier and have lower mortality than the general population. The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) is an ongoing, multicenter, randomized trial that randomized 155,000 men and women aged 55-74 years to a screening or control arm between 1993 and 2001. The authors compared demographics, mortality r...