U.S. cancer mortality rates and trends 1950-1979 [electronic resource] / John B. Van Bruggen and Wilson B. Riggan.

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Data file
Language
English
Published/​Created
Research Triangle Park, N.C. : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ; Springfield, Va. : [Distributed by] U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Technical Information Service, [1984?]
Description
Computer data (1 file).

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ReCAP - Remote StorageRC277.C3 U674 1983 Browse related items Request
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    This dataset contains cancer mortality rates and changes in rates for counties of the United States for 1950-1959, 1960-1969, and 1970-1979. It includes the number of deaths and cancer mortality rates age-adjusted to the 1970 U.S. population for each of 35 site-specific cancers for four race-sex groups. Further, counties are ranked nationally by percentile for 1970-1979 age-adjusted death rates and for percent change from 1950-1959 to 1970-1979.
    Notes
    • "PB84-196914/XDD."
    • Accompanied by a printed codebook.
    • Includes machine-readable documentation.
    • Title varies: Cancer incidence by county, 1950-1979, and U.S. cancer death counts 1950-1979.
    • Uses death records from the National Center for Health Statistics, Bethesda, Md.
    Other title(s)
    • Cancer incidence by county, 1950-1979.
    • U.S. cancer death counts 1950-1979.
    OCLC
    81643332
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