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Studies on cancer relative frequencies (ratio studies): A method for computing an age‐standardized cancer ratio

Author(s) -

Tuyns A. J.

Publication year - 1968

Publication title -

international journal of cancer

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475

H-Index - 234

eISSN - 1097-0215

pISSN - 0020-7136

DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910030310

Subject(s) - cancer , standardized mortality ratio , standardized rate , medicine , population , statistics , age adjustment , demography , series (stratigraphy) , oncology , mathematics , biology , environmental health , sociology , paleontology

Comparisons between series of cancer cases are difficult in the absence of population data; to facilitate such comparisons the use of an age‐standardized cancer ratio (ASCAR) is proposed. When gross differences appear between crude ratios, the use of the age‐corrected ratio enables a distinction to be made between a difference due to age effect and one that is potentially significant.

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