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Leukemia in Hawaii
Author(s) -
Jim Robert T. S.
Publication year - 1968
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(196811)22:5<1060::aid-cncr2820220523>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - leukemia , medicine , chronic lymphocytic leukemia , incidence (geometry) , demography , mainland china , gerontology , immunology , geography , china , physics , archaeology , sociology , optics
An epidermiologic study on Leukemia in Hawaii was carried out for the period 1944–67. Leukemia in Hawaii appeared to be nearly as prevalent as on the mainland USA. The age and sex distribution, classification of chronicity, and age distribution by morphologic type are similar to leukemia reported elsewhere. The Japanese in Hawaii show high age specific rates for leukemia in the older age group. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia appeared to be uncommon among the Chinese and Japanese. The incidence of leukemia appeared to beincreasing in Hawaii. Migrants to Hawaii of Japanese, Chinese, and Filipinoethnic origins appear to have higher rates of leukemia than the incidence observed in their home countries. Higher leukemia rates were found for urban than for rural areas in Hawaii.