Ethnic differences in cancer incidence in Estonia: two cross-sectional unlinked census-based cancer incidence analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Estonian and Russian ethnic groups in Estonia differ from one another in several aspects, such as historic and socio-economic background, language and culture. The aim of the current study was to examine ethnic differences in cancer incidence in Estonia, and to compare the situation before and after the profound political and economical changes in the early 1990s.

Methods

Two cross-sectional unlinked census-based cancer incidence analyses were performed. Cancer incidence data were obtained from the Estonian Cancer Registry. Population denominators came from the population censuses of 1989 and 2000. Standardized cancer incidence rates were calculated for men and women for the aggregate periods 1988-1990 and 1999-2000. Differences in cancer incidence between Estonia

SUBMITTER: Lang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2711961 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature