Bladder cancer mortality and private well use in New England: an ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

To investigate the possible relation between bladder cancer mortality among white men and women and private water use in New England, USA, where rates have been persistently raised and use of private water supplies (wells) common.

Design

Ecological study relating age adjusted cancer mortality rates for white men and women during 1985-1999 and proportion of persons using private water supplies in 1970. After regressing mortality rates on population density, Pearson correlation coefficients were computed between residual rates and the proportion of the population using private water supplies, using the state economic area as the unit of calculation. Calculations were conducted within each of 10 US regions.

Setting

The 504 state economic areas of the cont

SUBMITTER: Ayotte JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2566149 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature