Cancer mortality in the indigenous population of coastal Chukotka, 1961–1990
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/6014Dato
2013Type
Journal articleTidsskriftartikkel
Peer reviewed
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Objectives. The general aim was to assess the pattern and trend in cancer mortality among the indigenous
people of coastal Chukotka during the period 1961 1990.
Methods. All cases of cancer deaths of indigenous residents of the Chukotsky district in the northeasternmost
coast of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug were copied from personal death certificates. There were
a total of 219 cancer deaths during the study period. The average annual number of cases, percent, crude, and
age-standardized cancer mortality rates (ASMR) per 100,000 among men and women for all sites combined
and selected sites were calculated. Data were aggregated into six 5-year periods to assess temporal trends.
Direct age-standardization was performed with the Segi-Doll world standard population used by the
International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Results. The indigenous Chukchi and Eskimo people living in Chukotsky district were at higher risk of death
from cancer during the 30-year period between 1961 and 1990, with ASMR among men twice that of Russia,
and among women 3.5 times higher. The excess can be attributed to the extremely high mortality from
oesophageal cancer and lung cancer.
Conclusions. The indigenous people of coastal Chukotka were at very high risk of death from cancer relative
to the Russian population nationally. The mortality data from this study correspond to the pattern of
incidence reported among other indigenous people of the Russian Arctic. Little information is available since
1990, and the feasibility of ethnic-specific health data is now severely limited.
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International Journal of Circumpolar Health (2013), vol. 72: 20471Metadata
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