Cancer patterns in Inuit Nunangat: 1998–2007
Objectives. To compare cancer incidence patterns between residents of Inuit Nunangat and the rest of Canada. Study design. Cancer cases were geographically linked to either Inuit Nunangat or the rest of Canada using postal codes or other geographic information. Population estimates were derived from...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:d580be3624a14e0c84ab652d2813fdb5 2023-05-15T15:11:40+02:00 Cancer patterns in Inuit Nunangat: 1998–2007 Gisèle M. Carrière Michael Tjepkema Jennifer Pennock Neil Goedhuis 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18581 https://doaj.org/article/d580be3624a14e0c84ab652d2813fdb5 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/view/18581/pdf_1 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18581 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/d580be3624a14e0c84ab652d2813fdb5 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 71, Iss 0, Pp 1-8 (2012) Aboriginal identity cancer incidence mortality vital statistics Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18581 2022-12-31T14:11:40Z Objectives. To compare cancer incidence patterns between residents of Inuit Nunangat and the rest of Canada. Study design. Cancer cases were geographically linked to either Inuit Nunangat or the rest of Canada using postal codes or other geographic information. Population estimates were derived from the 2001 and 2006 censuses. Methods . Cancer cases were combined from 1998 to 2007 for Inuit Nunangat and the rest of Canada. Age-standardised incidence rates were calculated for all site cancers and sub-sites by sex. Standardised rate ratios between these 2 areas were calculated for all site cancers and sub-sites. Results. The age-standardised incidence rate for all cancer sites (1998–2007) was 14% lower for the Inuit Nunangat male population and 29% higher for the female population by comparison to the rest of Canada. Cancers of the nasopharynx, lung and bronchus, colorectal, stomach (males), and kidney and renal pelvis (females), were elevated in the Inuit Nunangat population compared to the rest of Canada, whereas prostate and female breast cancers were lower in the Inuit Nunangat population. Conclusions. Cancers with potentially modifiable risk factors, such as buccal cavity and pharynx, nasopharynx, lung and bronchus, and colorectal cancer were elevated in the Inuit Nunangat population compared to the rest of Canada. Besides greater smoking prevalence within Inuit Nunangat by comparison to the rest of Canada, distinct socioeconomic characteristics between respective area populations including housing, and income may have contributed to incidence differentials. This study demonstrated that a geographic approach can be used in cancer surveillance when populations of interest are spatially distinguishable, and reside across distinct jurisdictions whose combined cancer registries will not completely provide information to identify the population of interest. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health inuit Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Canada International Journal of Circumpolar Health 71 1 18581 |
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Objectives. To compare cancer incidence patterns between residents of Inuit Nunangat and the rest of Canada. Study design. Cancer cases were geographically linked to either Inuit Nunangat or the rest of Canada using postal codes or other geographic information. Population estimates were derived from the 2001 and 2006 censuses. Methods . Cancer cases were combined from 1998 to 2007 for Inuit Nunangat and the rest of Canada. Age-standardised incidence rates were calculated for all site cancers and sub-sites by sex. Standardised rate ratios between these 2 areas were calculated for all site cancers and sub-sites. Results. The age-standardised incidence rate for all cancer sites (1998–2007) was 14% lower for the Inuit Nunangat male population and 29% higher for the female population by comparison to the rest of Canada. Cancers of the nasopharynx, lung and bronchus, colorectal, stomach (males), and kidney and renal pelvis (females), were elevated in the Inuit Nunangat population compared to the rest of Canada, whereas prostate and female breast cancers were lower in the Inuit Nunangat population. Conclusions. Cancers with potentially modifiable risk factors, such as buccal cavity and pharynx, nasopharynx, lung and bronchus, and colorectal cancer were elevated in the Inuit Nunangat population compared to the rest of Canada. Besides greater smoking prevalence within Inuit Nunangat by comparison to the rest of Canada, distinct socioeconomic characteristics between respective area populations including housing, and income may have contributed to incidence differentials. This study demonstrated that a geographic approach can be used in cancer surveillance when populations of interest are spatially distinguishable, and reside across distinct jurisdictions whose combined cancer registries will not completely provide information to identify the population of interest. |
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Gisèle M. Carrière Michael Tjepkema Jennifer Pennock Neil Goedhuis |
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Cancer patterns in Inuit Nunangat: 1998–2007 |
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Cancer patterns in Inuit Nunangat: 1998–2007 |
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Cancer patterns in Inuit Nunangat: 1998–2007 |
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Cancer patterns in Inuit Nunangat: 1998–2007 |
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cancer patterns in inuit nunangat: 1998–2007 |
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