Population-based cancer incidence and mortality rates and ratios among adults with intellectual disabilities in Scotland: a retrospective cohort study with record linkage.

ABSTRACT: : Objective : To provide contemporary data on cancer mortality rates within the context of incidence in the population with intellectual disabilities. : Methods : Scotland's 2011 Census was used to identify adults with intellectual disabilities and controls with records linked to the Scottish Cancer Registry and death certificate data (March 2011-December 2019). The control cohort without intellectual disabilities and/or autism were used for indirect standardisation and calculation of crude incident rates/crude mortality rates, and age-sex standardised incident rate ratios/standardised mortality ratios (SIR/SMR), with 95% CIs. : Results : Adults with intellectual disabilities were most likely diagnosed cancers of digestive, specifically colorectal (14.2%), lung (9.3%),

SUBMITTER: Ward LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11331995 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature