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Ovarian carcinoma in California: The California tumor registry data
Author(s) -
Krain L. S.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930040105
Subject(s) - medicine , ovarian cancer , incidence (geometry) , demography , cancer registry , socioeconomic status , relative survival , cancer , gynecology , ovarian carcinoma , population , oncology , census , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics
Appropriate data from the California and Alameda County Tumor Registries were analyzed with specific reference to ovarian cancer (I.C.D. No. 175). The median age for ovarian cancer cases (1942–1969) was 56.7 years. There was a direct association of the age‐adjusted death rate and average annual incidence rate of ovarian cancer patients and the presence of a high socioeconomic ranking (r = + 0.37) (p < 0.05). There was a positive association of ovarian cancer incidence with the census tract index of crowding per household. An excess of ovarian cancer deaths was noted in the Spanish surname population (p < 0.05). Further follow‐up studies are suggested for this disease which has a five‐year relative survival rate for all stages in California of 33%.