Cancer Mortality Among Alaskan Natives, 1960-69

During 1960–69, 321 reported deaths among Alaskan natives (Eskimos, Indians, and Aleuts) were attributed to cancer. This number is not significantly different from the cancer mortality of U.S. Caucasians during this period, but is significantly higher than that of U.S. Indians. The mortality of Alas...

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Published in:JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Main Authors: Blot, William J., Lanier, Anne, Fraumeni, Joseph F., Bender, Thomas R.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1975
Subjects:
Clinical and Laboratory Investigations on Man
eskimo*
Online Access:http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/55/3/547
https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/55.3.547
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Summary:During 1960–69, 321 reported deaths among Alaskan natives (Eskimos, Indians, and Aleuts) were attributed to cancer. This number is not significantly different from the cancer mortality of U.S. Caucasians during this period, but is significantly higher than that of U.S. Indians. The mortality of Alaskan natives from cancers of the nasopharynx, esophagus, kidneys, and salivary glands was significantly increased. Among Alaskan Caucasians, only nasopharyngeal cancer was in excess in both sexes. Deficits in mortality among Alaskan Caucasians for cancers of other sites may be attributable, at least in part, to selection factors associated with the migration of healthy workers into the State.

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