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... ... .*_> IS living or dead, and to lh< Utter eveat, thecauao ofdoelh substantiated |a a almllar manner, and the results added to tho original 11*t ol deaths. Death certificate* for tha province of Quebec for tho years 1951 to.1955. Inclusive, were reviewed In the department ef vital statistics of the frovinclal Health Ministry, together with statistical summaries of the causes of death* In the Province by counties. All cases In which death was certified as having boon dua to primary cancer of tho lung were examined for such In- formation as place of residence, occupation, data of death, hospital In which dssth occurred, and whether or not an autopsy was performed. Cases la \ which lung cancer was given as a causa of doath, but In which it was not specified as to whether the cancer originated In tho lung, were also reviewed la an effort to Include all instances of primary carcinoma of the lung tn the study. The statistics for the Province of Quebec relate to population, total c / * r/r /<.< *i * # a. t- - deaths IromnU^sa aad deaths from luog cancer. Those were collected and tabulated by counties and by sex for the yonre 1950 to 1955, Inclusive, from them, death rates for tha general popuiatloa ol Quebec and of individual Counties ware calculated for specific years and analytod by cause. Practically all employees of one company are covered by a group policy of life Ineuranco which, fortunately, nearly all of them contlnuo to - carry when they retire. A very few are not covered by this policy, and Iboto who loava tho industry for one raatou or anotbor axcopt retirement usually tr* nu longor covered, but thla l* likewise a (mail number. A* an additional