Secular trend and age-period-cohort analysis of prostate cancer mortality in Taiwan
Journal
Journal of Urology
Journal Volume
158
Journal Issue
5
Pages
1845-1848
Date Issued
1997
Author(s)
Abstract
Purpose: We evaluated the secular mortality trend of prostate cancer in Taiwan from 1964 through 1994. Materials and Methods: Analyses were based on vital statistics. Relative risks associated with each of the age, period and cohort effects i on secular mortality were estimated from a log- linear Poisson model. Results: Age adjusted mortality rates increased more than 2-fold during the last 30 years in Taiwan. Age-period-cohort analysis showed that the age effect was the strongest. Conclusions: Factors related to aging are the main reason for the increase in prostate cancer mortality in Taiwan during the last 3 decades.
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Other Subjects
aged; aging; article; cancer mortality; cancer risk; carcinogenesis; cohort analysis; environmental factor; human; lifestyle; major clinical study; male; priority journal; prognosis; prostate cancer; statistical model; Taiwan; vital statistics
Publisher
Elsevier Inc.
Type
journal article