title: Age-specific incidence of cancer in Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica, 1988-1992.
abstract: During the period 1988-1992, a total of 4,030 malignant neoplasms were recorded in Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica. These comprised 1,829 in males and 2,201 in females. Histological confirmation was obtained in 83.4%. The crude incidence rate for males was 128.5, and 136.2 for females. The age-standardized rates (ASR) were 179.9 for males and 166.1 for females. Age-specific rates by site, sex and age are tabulated. Attention is drawn to increased incidence for cancers of prostate, larynx, bronchus and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in males. There was also an increase in female breast cancer (crude rate 36.0; ASR 47.1). Invasive cervix cancer has shown no significant change in incidence. Neoplasms of the body of the uterus have increased (crude rate 7.6; ASR 9.5). The rise in cancer of breast and body of uterus suggests that the influence of exogenous oestrogens should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Jamaica Cancer Registry, Department of Pathology, U.W.I., Jamaica.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hanchard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Samuels
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007563:Jamaica / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies