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r'fcf T 15. Hying or dead, and In the latter event, the cause of death wti eubstentlated In a elmllar manner, and the retail# added to the original list of deaths. Death certificates for the Province of Queboc for the years 1952 tl9SS, Inclusive, were reviewed In tho dopartrnoni of vita] statistics of the Provincial Health Ministry, together with statistical summaries of ihe causes ft of deaths In the Province by counties. Atl cases In which death was certified as having been due to primary cancer of tho lung were examined for such In formation as place of residence, occupation, date of doath, hospital In which death occurred, and whether or not an autopsy was performed. Cases In \ ufi which lung cancer was given as a cause of doath, but In which It was not specified as to whether the cancer originated In the lung, were also reviewed la an effort to Include all Instancos of primary carcinoma of the lung In the it study. The statistics for the Province of Quebec relate to population, total ii: />,. 'JI.iT/ti l r'lMib'4 /leu dsatha fromaall^gsss) and deaths from lung cancer. These were collected ni and tabulated by counties and by sex for the yoars 1950 to 1955, Inclusive, ft from them, doath rates for the general population of Quebec and of individual counties were calculated for specific years end analysed by cause. i. Practically all employees of one company are covered by a group policy of life Insurance which, fortunately, nearly all of thorn continuo to carry whan they retire. A very few are not covered by this policy, and thoso who leave tho Industry for ono reason or another excopt rellremont usually sre no longer covered, but this Is likewise a small number. Ae an additional v- C`s