Cancer incidence among First Nations adults in Canada: follow-up of the 1991 Census Mortality Cohort (1992-2009).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Estimate site-specific cancer incidence rates for a wide range of cancers in First Nations adults in Canada, and compare these with rates in non-Aboriginal adults.

Methods

Responses from persons aged 25 and older to the 1991 Long Form Census were linked to national mortality and cancer databases. First Nations- and non-Aboriginal-specific incidence rates were age-standardized to the world standard population. The sex- and site-specific relative risks (RR) of cancer in First Nations compared to those in non-Aboriginal adults were estimated with Poisson regression. Results were stratified by residence on-reserve (all cancers combined) and region of Canada (four most common cancer sites).

Results

Compared to non-Aboriginal adults, First Nations had higher inci

SUBMITTER: Mazereeuw MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6964591 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature