Migration and melanoma incidence rates among Washington state counties
| Autor: | Amy D. Anderson, David Whitney, Michael Switzer, Victor Chan, Ian Thompson, Shelly Smits |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Washington Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Incidence (epidemiology) Melanoma Human Migration Incidence Population Dynamics Dermatology Census medicine.disease Cancer registry Geography Internal revenue Oncology Environmental health Epidemiology medicine Humans Registries Demography Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Melanoma research. 23(4) |
| ISSN: | 1473-5636 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to look for a possible explanation for the variation in the incidence rate of melanoma among counties in Washington state. We used data from the Washington State Cancer Registry (WSCR), the Cancer Center at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital in Whatcom County, and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry to get information on melanoma incidence. Demographic and migration records were obtained from the US Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL), and the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). A number of different analytic techniques were used to address our research question, including a multiple regression analysis, time trend comparisons, and an analysis of birthplace data of melanoma patients in Whatcom county. We found a significant association between migration rate from the Southwest (SW) USA and melanoma incidence (P |
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