Lung cancer in Austria: present and future trends

Between 1966 and 1982, age-standardized lung cancer mortality rates in Austria showed a slightly decreasing trend in men and an increasing trend in women. Differences between male and female lung cancer rates and different trends among particular age groups, especially male, can be understood as a f...

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Published inEuropean journal of epidemiology Vol. 2; no. 2; p. 158
Main Authors Vutuc, C, Gredler, B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 01.06.1986
Subjects
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Austria
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms - mortality
Male
Middle Aged
Sex Factors
Smoking
Austria
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Summary:Between 1966 and 1982, age-standardized lung cancer mortality rates in Austria showed a slightly decreasing trend in men and an increasing trend in women. Differences between male and female lung cancer rates and different trends among particular age groups, especially male, can be understood as a function of the difference in past smoking habits: in men, the lung cancer epidemic had already passed its peak. Mortality will continually decrease, with the possibility of a slight and short-lasting future increase, when 1917 to 1931 birth cohorts reach an older age. In women, lung cancer mortality will increase steadily as a consequence of the increasing epidemic of cigarette smoking among young women. But it will never reach the same proportion as in men, because high tar cigarettes have not played the same role in female smoking habits as in male.
ISSN:0393-2990
DOI:10.1007/BF00157028