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Mortality trend from prostate cancer in the Netherlands (1950‐1989)
Author(s) -
Van Der Gulden J. W. J.,
Kiemeney L. A. L. M.,
Verbeek A. L. M.,
Straatman H.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
the prostate
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.295
H-Index - 123
eISSN - 1097-0045
pISSN - 0270-4137
DOI - 10.1002/pros.2990240108
Subject(s) - prostate cancer , medicine , demography , cohort , mortality rate , cohort effect , cohort study , prostate , epidemiology , cancer , sociology
The trend in prostate cancer mortality in The Netherlands was studied, using data from the National Causes of Death Registry of the Central Bureau of Statistics. During the period 1950‐1989, the age‐adjusted mortality rate showed a steady rise from 20.5 to 30.6 per 100,000 man‐years. A multiplicative model was used to examine possible period effects and birth‐cohort effects separately. This analysis demonstrated that the increase in prostate cancer mortality is largely due to a birth‐cohort effect, though calendar time of death may have had a slight effect as well. Among Dutch men, a continuous increase of mortality from prostate cancer was found in consecutive birth cohorts. This finding is in contrast with that of comparable studies in other Western countries, in which a peak mortality rate was found for the cohort born at the end of the 19th century with stabilizing or declining rates for later birth cohorts. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.