title: Air pollution and urban factors in relation to cancer mortality.
abstract: Age adjusted mortality rates for the 1969-1971 adult population in the United States reveal a consistent pattern of 13% excess cancer mortality in the metropolitan counties with central cities compared to non-metropolitan counties. Only 14% of all cancer death exhibit a different pattern. A detailed analysis of cancer mortality in Cuyahoga County, (Cleveland), Ohio, during the years 1969-1971, shows that apart from cancer mortality of the respiratory tract, general air pollution characteristics correlate secondarily with mortality, compared with socioeconomic factors.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D044383:Black People; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D009820:Ohio; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide / Q000032:analysis; D014505:Urban Population; D001741:Black or African American
chemical_list: D013458:Sulfur Dioxide