Cancer Mortality In Cuba And Among The Cuban-Born In The U.S.: 1979-81

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Shai, D
• Description:
  The Cuban-born population of the U.S., enumerated at 608,000 in the 1980 census, has been little studied with regard to cancer mortality. Being older and rarely migrating back to Cuba, Cuban Americans present a good subject for comparative cancer mortality. Age-adjusted death rates for selected causes of cancer are compared in this paper for Cubans in Cuba, the Cuban-born in the U.S., and all whites in the U.S.. Two forms of cancer have been of particular concern in Cuba, cancer of the lung and cancer of the prostate, because of their relatively high death rates. The age-adjusted death rates for both of these cancers are lower among the Cuban-born in the U.S. than they are among Cubans in Cuba and whites in the U.S.. Death rates for cancer of the cervix and cancer of the rectum among the Cuban-born in this country are also low relative to Cubans in Cuba and whites in the U.S.. Stomach cancer mortality among Cuban-born men in the U.S. is lower than for men in Cuba or for white men in the U.S., but Cuban-born women in this country have rates that are slightly higher than those of U.S white women. Mortality rates from colon cancer in both sexes and breast cancer among women are intermediate between the lower rates in Cuba and the higher rates among U.S. whites. Finally, the Cuban-born in the U.S. have higher death rates from cancer of the liver than do Cubans in Cuba or whites in the U.S.. In general, the profile found for the Cuban-born in the U.S. reflects the high socioeconomic status of the pre-1980 migrants as well as their exposure to the U.S. environment.
• Subjects:
  Female Humans Male Neoplasms Socioeconomic Factors White People
• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 106(1):68-73
• Pubmed ID:
  1899942
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  HD20089/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/U.S.
• Place as Subject:
  North America ; Caribbean
• Volume:
  106
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e1f9b31d18312d0d19a5ef32223a282aae4eba44981aae2d89342bc1a4368e65
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/63566/cdc_63566_DS1.pdf
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