Lennox B, Clarke J A, Drake F, Ewen S W
Br Med J. 1978 Mar 18;1(6114):687-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6114.687.
Statistics on discharge diagnoses in Scotland during 1968-74 show the incidence of all tumours of major salivary glands to exceed 40/million population yearly. This is higher than in any other nationality except Canadian Eskimos. Studies in two hospitals showed that numerous errors occurred in reporting these tumours, but the figures were more likely to be too low than too high. Probably eastern Scotland at least has an unusually high incidence, although in other countries using different methods of analysis the reported figures are likely to be low. Statistics based on discharge diagnoses will continue to be neglected in research until the standard of completion of discharge diagnoses improves.
1968 - 1974年苏格兰出院诊断统计数据显示，主要唾液腺所有肿瘤的发病率每年超过每百万人口40例。这高于除加拿大爱斯基摩人之外的任何其他民族。两家医院的研究表明，在报告这些肿瘤时出现了许多错误，但这些数字更有可能偏低而非偏高。至少苏格兰东部的发病率可能异常高，尽管在其他采用不同分析方法的国家，报告的数字可能偏低。在出院诊断的完成标准得到改善之前，基于出院诊断的统计数据在研究中将继续被忽视。
