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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2002 94(12):871; doi:10.1093/jnci/94.12.871-b
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 12, 871, June 19, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press

Press Release

U.S. Cancer Mortality Rates Reflect Changing Socioeconomic Patterns

Linda Wang, Assistant News Editor, Katherine Arnold, News Editor

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A new study reveals that there were higher U.S. male cancer mortality rates in the 1950s and 1960s among men living in high socioeconomic areas compared with men living in low socioeconomic areas. However, by the 1980s and 1990s, this situation had reversed, and men in low socioeconomic areas began experiencing higher cancer mortality rates than men in high socioeconomic areas.

This reversal largely reflected a . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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