Population-Based Analysis of Incidence Rates of Cancer and Noncancer Chronic Diseases in the US Elderly Using NLTCS/Medicare-Linked Database
Author(s) -
Igor Akushevich,
Julia Kravchenko,
Svetlana Ukraintseva,
Konstantin G. Arbeev,
Anatoliy I. Yashin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
isrn geriatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2314-4750
DOI - 10.1155/2013/943418
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , comorbidity , diabetes mellitus , asthma , epidemiology , cancer registry , prostate cancer , breast cancer , population , disease , cancer , intensive care medicine , environmental health , physics , optics , endocrinology
The age, disability, and comorbidity patterns of incidence rates of cancer and chronic noncancer diseases such as heart failure, diabetes mellitus, asthma, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, skin melanoma, and cancers of breast, prostate, lung, and colon were studied for the US elderly population (aged 65
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