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| divide the number of new cases/deaths observed during a given time period by the corresponding number of people in the population at risk |
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| What do you call a summary measure of a rate that a population would have if it had a standard age distribution? |
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| age-standardized/age-adjusted rate |
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| Cancer rate is usually expressed as an average annual rate per _____ persons. |
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| 100,000 (pediatric cancer is rate per million) |
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| What is the difference between the observed and the relative survival rates? |
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| observed is influenced by deaths from both cancer of interest and other causes, while relative is just for the disease of interest |
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| How is the relative survival rate calculated? |
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| ratio of observed survival rate in a group of patients with cancer under study to the survival rate expected in a group of people without the cancer |
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| How many cancers were diagnosed in 2010? How many people died of cancer in 2010? |
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| 1.5 million; half a million deaths |
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| T/F Death due to heart disease has increased since 1950. |
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| T/F Louisiana has a higher cancer death rate than the US. |
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| T/F Louisiana has a lower incidence of urinary bladder cancer than the whole US. |
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| T/F Men in Louisiana have a 10% higher cancer incidence rate than men in the US. |
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| true for both black and white men. (women in louisiana is about the same as women in the US) |
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| What cancers have higher incidence rate in Louisiana than whole US? |
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| lung and bronchus, colon and rectum, kidney and renal pelvis, oral cavity and pharynx, cervix, larynx, esophagus, stomach, liver, myeloma, mesothelioma |
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| T/F Louisiana has a higher prevalence of smokers than the US. |
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| Diagnosing cancers at an early stage through cancer screening is an example of what type of prevention? |
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| T/F Information from the LTR can be used in malpractice litigation. |
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