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KMID : 0390320100200020127
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Chungbuk Medical Journal
2010 Volume.20 No. 2 p.127 ~ p.133
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Relative cancer mortality of Chungcheongbuk-do and Cheongju compared with national cancer mortality
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Kang Jong-Won
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Abstract
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Purpose: To compare the major cancer mortality of Chungcheongbuk-do and Cheongju with whole nation, age adjusted cancer mortalities were calculated by official national mortality and population data.
Materials and Methods :Mortality data from 2003 to 2008 and population data were obtained from National Statistical Office of Korea. Age were categorized in 10 year interval. All cancer mortality, mortality from stomach, liver, colon, lung, female breast, and cervix cancer were included in the analysis. Age-adjusted mortality rates of these disease categories were calculated for Chungcheongbuk-do and Cheongju and compared with whole national rates.
Results:In males, age-adjusted stomach, colon and lung cancer mortality of Chungcheongbuk-do were higher than national average by 22%, 19%, 8%, respectively. In females, stomach and colon cancer mortality were also higher than natinal average by 11%, 20%, respectively. The colon cancer mortality of Cheongju were higher than national average by 38% in males and 35% in females.
Conclusion:Age-adjusted stomach and colon cancer mortality of Chungcheongbuk-do were higher than national average by 11-22% both in male and female. The age-adjusted colon cancer mortality of Cheongju were higher than national average by 35-38%. These results suggest that the etiological research and public health policy should be focused on these diseases in Chungcheongbuk-do and Cheongju.
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KEYWORD
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Cancer mortality, Chungcheongbuk-do, Cheongju
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