title: Epidemiological study of Hodgkin's disease in Cuba and Sweden.
abstract: In this register study the epidemiologic features of Hodgkin's disease (HD) in Cuba and Sweden during 1964-1981 are compared. HD in the adult (greater than or equal to 15 years of age) is more common in Sweden than in Cuba (age-standardized incidence rate 3.6 X 10(5) vs. 3.1 X 10(5) but for childhood HD the opposite is true (2.1 X 10(5) vs. 3.0 X 10(5). In both countries a male predominance is found. A decrease in the incidence of HD is noted only in the Swedish population after 1973. The study reveals a stable bimodal age incidence pattern in Sweden but a shift from a linear increasing to a bimodal incidence pattern in Cuba, which parallels the Cuban development from an agricultural to an industrialized country.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Oncology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Merk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Björkholm
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rengifo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gavilondo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Holm
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rivas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003462:Cuba / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology