Partin M R, Rith-Najarian S J, Slater J S, Korn J E, Cobb N, Soler J T
Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1999 Nov;89(11):1673-7. doi: 10.2105/ajph.89.11.1673.
The purpose of this study was to estimate cancer incidence for American Indians in Minnesota.
Indian Health Service enrollment data were linked to the Minnesota tumor registry to identify cancers among American Indians in Minnesota. Incidence rates for the 5 most common cancers in this population, estimated after the linkage, were compared with rates estimated before the linkage and with rates for the total population of Minnesota.
The linkage identified 302 cancer cases not previously identified as occurring among American Indians in Minnesota. Postlinkage estimates suggested that incidence rates for prostate and colorectal cancer are similar to those for the total population of Minnesota, but that rates of lung and cervical cancer are significantly higher. Breast cancer rates are slightly lower than those for the total population of Minnesota but more than twice as high as previous estimates for American Indians.
The postlinkage estimates suggest different priorities for cancer education, prevention, and control than might be assumed from either prelinkage estimates or previously published data, and underscore the importance of using accurate and specific data for setting these priorities.
本研究的目的是估计明尼苏达州美国印第安人的癌症发病率。
印第安卫生服务机构的登记数据与明尼苏达肿瘤登记处相链接，以确定明尼苏达州美国印第安人中的癌症病例。在链接之后估计了该人群中5种最常见癌症的发病率，并与链接之前估计的发病率以及明尼苏达州总人口的发病率进行了比较。
链接识别出302例先前未被认定为在明尼苏达州美国印第安人中发生的癌症病例。链接后的估计表明，前列腺癌和结直肠癌的发病率与明尼苏达州总人口的发病率相似，但肺癌和宫颈癌的发病率显著更高。乳腺癌发病率略低于明尼苏达州总人口的发病率，但比之前对美国印第安人的估计高出两倍多。
链接后的估计表明，癌症教育、预防和控制的优先事项与链接前的估计或先前公布的数据可能假设的情况不同，并强调了使用准确和具体数据来确定这些优先事项的重要性。
