Cancer mortality and morbidity statistics : Japan and the world, 1999
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Cancer mortality and morbidity statistics : Japan and the world, 1999
(Gann monograph on cancer research / Japanese Cancer Association, no. 47)
Japan Scientific Societies Press, 1999
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Available at 22 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Cancer is one of the major causes of death in most developed countries. In Japan it has been the leading cause since 1981 and continues to increase. This convenient book contains updated and detailed cancer statistics of Japan and 33 countries in the world. It is an updated version of a previous volume, 'Cancer Mortality and Morbidity Statistics: Japan and the World - 1994', and will be of substantial value to cancer control programs world wide.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Cancer mortality in Japan (1950-1995), Tetsuo Kuroishi et al: number of deaths from malignant neoplasms by sites, its proportion of all malignant neoplasms and the death rates in Japan (1995)
- number of deaths, death rates, and average age at death from malignant neoplasms by site in Japan (1950-1995)
- age- and sex-specific mortality rates by site in Japan (each five years from 1950-1995)
- standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of cancer by site by prefecture (1995). Part 2 Cancer incidence in Japan, The Research Group for Population-Based Cancer Registration in Japan: population-based cancer registration in Japan
- estimated incidence and incidence rates in Japan in 1993
- trends in cancer incidence and incidence rates in Japan during 1975-1993. Part 3 Trends in cancer incidence and survival in Osaka, Waikiko Ajiki et al: trends in the age-standardized incidence rates in Osaka (1966-1994)
- trends in the survival rate of cancer by site (1975-1995). Part 4 Cancer mortality statistics in 33 countries (1953-1992), Tetsuo Kuroishi et al: age-adjusted death rates from malignant neoplasm by site in 33 countries (1953-1957 to 1988-1992).
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