title: [Mortality from cancer in France. Changes between 1950 and 1989 in the population aged 35-64].
abstract: In the French population aged 35-64, cancer mortality increased yearly by 1 percent in males and decreased yearly by 0.6 percent in females between 1950 and 1989. In males, the increase is mostly due to the sites associated with tobacco and alcohol. The important increase of lung cancer is related to the increase in tobacco consumption from 4.7 g per adult per day in 1950 to 6.3 g in 1976. The increase observed in head and neck cancers is related to tobacco and alcohol. In females, the moderate decrease is due to the decrease observed in uterine cervix and stomach cancer mortality, uncompensated by the increase in breast cancer. Contrary to what is observed in the USA, there is no marked increase in lung cancer mortality for women.
authors.affiliation: Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Doyon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benhamou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol
vernacular_title: Mortalité par cancer en France. Evolution entre 1950 et 1989, dans la population de 35 à 64 ans.