International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 28, 391-395, Copyright © 1999 by International Epidemiological Association
RJ Laheij, H Straatman, AL Verbeek and JB Jansen
BACKGROUND: Time trends of cancer of the gastric cardia differ between
populations and the reasons are not fully understood. The object of this
study was to investigate the occurrence of cancer of the gastric cardia in
descriptive relation to age at death, calendar period, birth cohort and
gender in the Netherlands between 1969 and 1994. METHODS: Data on the
number of people with cancer of the gastric cardia as the underlying cause
of death from 1969 to 1994 were obtained from annual publications by the
National Causes of Death Registry of Statistics Netherlands. To estimate
the separate effects of age, calendar period and birth cohort on the trend
in mortality, a simultaneous analysis of these factors was performed using
a log-linear Poisson model. RESULTS: In 1969, the mortality rates from
cancer of the gastric cardia for males and females per 100,000 people were
2.1 and 1.1; in 1994 the mortality rates were 1.5 and 0.7, respectively.
Examination of the time trend suggested that mortality for cancer of the
gastric cardia may reflect a period phenomenon, although a cohort effect
may have also contributed to the observed time trend. Furthermore, more
males than females died from cancer of the gastric cardia. The difference
was most striking in the younger age categories. CONCLUSION: In this Dutch
population, the age-period-cohort-gender analysis indicated that the
mortality rates decreased after the period 1975-1979 which might be
explained by a decrease in exposure to risk factor(s) or an increase in
exposure to protective factor(s).
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Mortality trend from cancer of the gastric cardia in The Netherlands, 1969-1994
Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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