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Demographic Differences And Annual Trends In Childhood And Adolescent Cancer Incidence And Mortality In Michigan During The Period 1999-2012, Gergana Kodjebacheva, Jeremy Blankenship, Lenwood Hayman, Shan Parker
Demographic Differences And Annual Trends In Childhood And Adolescent Cancer Incidence And Mortality In Michigan During The Period 1999-2012, Gergana Kodjebacheva, Jeremy Blankenship, Lenwood Hayman, Shan Parker
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice
Background. Michigan has declining economic conditions and factories that release pollutants. During the period 1999-2012, only 10 out of 50 states had an overall cancer incidence rate that was higher than that in Michigan. It is not known how children’s cancer rates in Michigan vary by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and year as well as how these rates compare to those in the U.S.
Method: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention WONDER database obtained cancer incidence and mortality data from cancer registries and death certificates. We compared age-adjusted incidence and mortality cancer rates by gender, race/ethnicity, and year for children …