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Lung cancer among jewish, catholic and protestant males in New York city
Author(s) -
Seidman Herbert
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196602)19:2<185::aid-cncr2820190208>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - medicine , judaism , lung cancer , demography , protestantism , gerontology , cigarette smoking , population , cancer , religious studies , environmental health , history , archaeology , philosophy , sociology
Vital statistics data for the Caucasian population of New York City show that the lung cancer mortality of Jewish males is now decidedly lower than that of Catholic or Protestant males. Jewish males have reversed with time from being a high lung cancer rate group, relative to the Catholics or Protestants, to being a low rate group. Data from a study in 1959 of Caucasian men living in large cities of the United States other than New York City indicate that the proportion of men smoking cigarettes was lowest in Jews and highest in Catholics. Among the cigarette smokers Jewish men smoked fewer cigarettes. More Jews smoked pipes and/or cigars, only. Also, the proportion of men occupationally exposed to inhalants such as gas, dust or fumes was smallest in Jews.