Trends in mortality from non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
Trends in death certification rates from non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) were analyzed on the basis of the World Health Organization database over the period 1969-1998. Until the late 1970s, mortality from NHL was similar in the European Union (EU), the USA and Japan, i.e. around 3/100,000 males and 2/100,000 females. Over the last two decades, NHL mortality in the EU rose to 4.4/100,000 males and 2.8/100,000 females. Upward trends were greater in the USA, whose rates approached 6/100,000 males and 4/100,000 females in the late 1990s, and were observed in Japan, too.
Levi
Fabio
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Cancer Epidemiology Unit and Cancer Registries of Vaud and Neuchâtel, Institut Universitaire de Médecine, Sociale et Préventive, CHUV-Falaises 1, Lausanne, Switzerland. fabio.levi@inst.hospvd.ch
Lucchini
Franca
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Negri
Eva
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La Vecchia
Carlo
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003644:Death Certificates; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014944:World Health Organization