Cancer mortality in Yukon 1999–2013: elevated mortality rates and a unique cancer profile

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Jonathan Simkin, Ryan Woods, Catherine Elliott
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017
• Subjects: Cancer; epidemiology; prevention & control; mortality; rural health; circumpolar health; Yukon Territory; public health; population health; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Yukon; Canada; British Columbia; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1324231; https://doaj.org/article/f0f55fee043d4a2d97e80621716273ba

Background: Although cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada, cancer in the North has been incompletely described. Objective: To determine cancer mortality rates in the Yukon Territory, compare them with Canadian rates, and identify major causes of cancer mortality. Design: The Yukon Vital St...