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Cervix cancer death rates and mass cytologic screening
Author(s) -
Christopherson William M.,
Parker James E.,
Mendez Winifred M.,
Lundin Frank E.
Publication year - 1970
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(197010)26:4<808::aid-cncr2820260411>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - medicine , cervix , cancer , uterine cervix , cervical cancer , gynecology , obstetrics , cause of death , demography , gerontology , carcinoma , disease , sociology
Death rates for cervix cancer and total uterine cancer among women 20 years old and older have decreased significantly in Jefferson County, Ky., from 1953‐1967. Death rates have not changed significantly in Kentucky outside of Jefferson County during this time period. The average age at time of death from cervix cancer is 7.6 years greater for Jefferson County residents during the last 3 years of the study compared to the first 3 years. The only known factor which could account for these observations is a mass cytologic screening program for cervix cancer in Jefferson County; there was no such mass screening effort in the rest of the state.