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. 39. Table fq alio anittcri a.question previously raised. It shows that ,;i tlio members of the cohort have not tiled from lung caneor at an age earlier 1 l than the general population, and that euch an explanation cannot bo ottered 1 w lor the absonce o1 lung cancer In 240 men with more than 40 years o em ployment referred to on page 26. ''* Before leaving this comparison of tho Province with the miners. It .n should be shown that their age distributions are reasonably tho same. That VI this Is the case can be oboervod from the following tabulation) 'll JrfPLZ' ,/f .^ Age Distribution of Adult Mateo for the Province of Quebec, 1951 u a (Rapport, 1954) ...rf ' Ag sit. Crswp Provlnco Mumfcor Pevccntaqe Percentage In Cohort tt '** *0 Jt V 20.44 45-54 53*64 fcl Total 727,135 106,952 128,944 113,467 1, 158,498 63 JC* 66 16 19 11 10 10 5 Too 100 I. t\. ; is* It should be remembered that the minora retire and consequently, |l tan be expectod that the oldest ago group wilt be larger In the general popu- Jtf ltilon, The data presented In Table yf Indicates that the lung cancer rate feoerally docroaoos after ago 70, Therefore, we could expect the rate for J* * all people over 65 to be smaller than tho rate for the group between 65 and 75, which would apply to the oldast group of miners. It is felt Chat by using the whole adult u.alo population, we have developed rates for tho general popu- GZSS