Comparison of cancer mortality data from different regions.
Modified standardized mortality ratio is proposed as a single index for the comparison of cancer frequency in different regions. By use of the proposed index it is possible to control simultaneously both unequal age structure of the compared populations, as well as different proportion of symptoms and ill-defined conditions among all deaths.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D015022:Yugoslavia