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A. M. A. AM 11IMS OF ISOLSTRIAI. ItEAl.TIt l.t:SC i'.iw A|t Oroup ID 44 4SM IH4 u-e Totals `Ttn.i. H.--}.ui>9 Crmrrt lltki Jr Ik a) (WWi*' T77A** uasni 131 iM NunUr of Dcidt 'V4 ;>v `TkihI I'miiIViI citrlfliM iTluuir - -- -- . * . Total |*uvrl . Tulul |*nmd 11 13 It 0 <17 9 IUD 3% 33 III 33 o at 3M 19 191 91* Tttlitl tVrl tlk*1 - Total I'rovel Total 17 ill 117 lN 0 3S 5# 17 110 its 3*3 ISO 337 *. IYoyJ 9 33 j; M m Taw.*: the t Afr UrtMtp 41........................ AH-........................... TuUi....... KO|fton. I9S4. Drtifc Raki prr 100.000 a mailer or 1UM ins as ir is in vi At* Otonp 9-44................ 4544................ (Hi................ .... *+-----------------_______ ............. OW41U...,. Tout Cmlflrd Total 11 334 73*0 91.7 041 Cravni 1.1 174 37.7 374 0.7 SpertOrd lYtmarj- Total |*nif*l 1.-4 14 314 14.4 30.4 9.4 104 344 14.4 tm Total foctital Total IToval 24 30.7 AVI 1323 37.4 1.3 174 114 444 Hi SrMUlM CrlicvT Total 74 37.1 44.7 1334 frond 414 H4 974 134 Table IS viously raiseof the win m ccr at an age i latioirrand th : be offered f- * llata Crora dealt milAaiii*. t b* putxilitwn ou-jtneil by apptrloc IWI |wontasu fur at groups for main lo ih ital t*putaUon fur 1954, Sl |tv,a (a JUpporl, PIt. w to IVtausraphic. in 240 men employment Before lc:. this disease is looked fur iu the miners, and This cimi|iarisun, summarized in Table Province wv it seems probable that the mortality rates 18, shows that the observed number of shown that '. for the Province may be low. This would deaths in our sample is not significantly sonably the : appear to be substantiated by the fact that greater than the expected number of deaths ' be observed the reporting ot cases in the cohort showed based on the avenge of the 1954 and I9JJ It should : no such increase over the same period. figures for the Province, ft is true that, in i retire and c- .. Table 17 was compiled to show the an nual agc-s{iccific lung cancer rate of cases the ease of the age group of 65 and over, the five deaths provide a figure which is It that the ol<K j the general in which the death certificate merely read almost significant at the 95?i level. How | in. Table 21- "cancer of the lung." as distinguished from ever, it shtndd be-noted that this number rate generall; those in which the diagnosis was confirmed includes rate of the suspected but unproved fore, we coi:' by autopsy, surgery, or biopsy. The 'term eases previously referred to. . Furthermore, over 65 to I "specified primary" refers to those eases in it is rather likely that the rate for the group betwci these two categories in which the Itunor was geuentl |xipul:itiuu is understated in this to the Ides specified as having originated in the lung. It will be noted that, of the total cases reported in 1955, a much higher percentage age group, for the obvious reason thal'thr exact cause of death in the very old is not that by us::: tion, we ha\ eral popular than in 1954 were specified as primary. The table also shows that a higher percentage of the total eases certified in 1955 were proved, again indicating increasing interest Table 18.--Comparison of the Achut end F.jrfcctcd Kumber of i.uitg Cancer Deaths by Age Among Asbestos Hitters than if we people in the A coinpari and the in this disensc. - A comparison has been made lictwccn the age-specific rates shown in Table 17, and those for the cohort, shown in Table f. An average of the 1954 and 1955 ratef for Acs TIoMtIia'nslanrvjrlnrMoatt Oroup |*r Im)a*0 2SfA03S-+4*-M4* UnVnowA 20117444 994 N.f RNiron.doHf OnIw| tIvfeca'lIbNaa* ,MUm ttcaiba * frottil Tui 314.B102I1S1 SIS3 .o.333 t whole was : from 'severs". lips19 gave Canada for 1952. The the Province has been used, since the 1955 figure w:u> higher and may have Iwen ex ceptional. * TV fuertol omihItt b Im*| on i( Averaco of the 1931 im l9&OKr*t'rUV tulra f>n |lr I'fut Unr f Iftmlat. ^ I Actually u.t. Table 20. These figr in ratesbe! 646 I'nl. 17, June. 10}] Braun--Teucoi I