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KMID : 1155220180430020119
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Journal of the Korean Society of Health Information and Health Statistics
2018 Volume.43 No. 2 p.119 ~ p.125
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Cancer Incidence of Korean Veterans
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Park Un-Je
Park So-Hee
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to understand the rate of cancer incidence in veterans hospitals, which is in charge of care and treatment of Korean veterans, as Korea is accelerating its entry into the aging society.
Methods: Cancer incidence data from January 1st 2013 to June 30th 2016 were obtained from Veterans hospitals in 5 different regions, nationwide. The incidence was defined by the number of cancer patients diagnosed in 2013. We investigated the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of subjects. CR rates and ASR were calculated.
Results: In 2013, 2,070 Korea veterans out of 672,532 were newly diagnosed with cancer which was 0.3% of the total. Vietnam War veterans showed the highest rate of cancer incidence. Prostate cancer was the most commonly diagnosed cancer and followed by stomach, lung, colorectal and liver cancer. The total CR for overall cancer incidence of veterans was 307.8 and the CR for prostate cancer was the highest (59.2) followed by stomach (51.0), lung (50.6), colorectal (48.2), and liver (22.9). Furthermore, the total ASR rates were 51.1 followed by lung (8.9), prostate cancer (8.8).
Conclusions: In 2013, there were 2,070 veterans who were newly diagnosed cancer and over 97.9% of them were over the age of 60. Compared to IR for overall cancer incidence of the non-veteran Koreans (52.8%), the rate of IR of veterans (97.9%) were 1.8 times higher. Like that, at considering the characteristic of war veterans that elderly population rate is much higher comparing to the whole population in Korea, it is expected that the cancer incidence of war veterans will be continually increased.
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KEYWORD
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Cancer, Veterans, Incidence rate, Crude rate, Age standardized rates
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