Excerpt from The Mortality From Cancer Throughout the World

York. Chapter III, on The Increase in Cancer, is an extended discus sion of the general problem Of the observed upward tendency of the can cer death rate throughout the world. The required statistical evidence in support Of the conclusion that cancer is actually and not only appar ently on the increase is, however, included in the appendices to the several chapters on the geographical incidence of cancer in the United States and foreign countries. The Mortality from Cancer in Different Occupations is discussed in Chapter IV, with an appendix of eight tables of the mortality from cancer in selected industries and employ ments, derived from the decennial reports of the registrar-general Of England and Wales, but rearranged and recalculated for the present purpose. In addition, the appendix includes cancer mortality data by occupations, derived from the Industrial mortality experience Of The Prudential and the cancer census of Hungary. Chapter V presents an extended discussion of Cancer as a Problem in Life Insurance Medicine, historically and practically considered, with an appendix of 121 tables, including a concise and uniform presentation Of the general cancer experience data of a large number of American and foreign life insurance companies and the collective results of the Medico Actuarial Mortality Investigation. Chapter VI, on The Geographical Incidence of Cancer Throughout the World, brings out forcibly the wide range in the cancer frequency rates of different countries and cities with widely varying circumstances of race, climate, habits, etc., all of which are shown to have an important bearing upon the cancer problem as a whole. Included in this chapter are the results of a special analysis Of the data collected by the New York State Institute for the Study of Malignant Disease concerning the primary seat of growth, probable cause, the personal and family history, etc. The information is made available for the first time through the courtesy of the Director Of the Institute, who placed the original material at our disposition for tabula tion and analysis. The principal tables of the appendix to this chapter show the facts Of cancer mortality according to latitude; size of cities and the local rates of incidence by organs and parts Of the body for thirteen representative countries throughout the world. In Chapter VII, on The Statistical Data Of Cancer Frequency in American States and Cities, the rate Of cancer occurrence throughout the United States is discussed at some length, and amplified by an appendix of 259 tables Of cancer mortality for the registration area and for the several states and cities in a uniform manner and with a due regard, as far as practicable.

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