Open AccessCancer mortality in Hamburg (Germany) 1872–2019
Author(s) -
Andreas Stang
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0375
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , cancer , mortality rate , population , age adjustment , gerontology , environmental health , surgery , sociology
For a number of reasons, the cause-of-death statistics of the city of Hamburg are one of the most valid sources of data for the study of secular trends in cancer mortality in Germany. In this article, cancer mortality in Hamburg over the period 1872-2019 is presented.