Lyon J L, Gardner J W, West D W
J Natl Cancer Inst. 1980 Nov;65(5):1055-61.
Data from the Utah Cancer Registry were used to compare cancer incidence in Mormons and non-Mormons in Utah for the period 1967--75. Church membership was identified for 97.8% of the 20,379 cases in Utah by a search of the central membership files of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (or Mormon Church). Sites associated with smoking (lung, larynx, pharynx, oral cavity, esophagus, and urinary bladder) showed an incidence in Mormons at about one-half that of non-Mormons. Rates of cancers of the breast, cervix, and ovary were low in Mormon women; the rate for cervical cancer was about one-half of that observed in non-Mormons. Cancers of the stomach, colon-rectum, and pancreas were about one-third lower in Mormons than in others who are not members of this religious group. Most of the differences seen in cancer incidence can be explained by Mormon teachings regarding sexual activity and alcohol and tobacco use, but some differences (e.g., colon and stomach) remain unexplained.
利用犹他州癌症登记处的数据，对1967年至1975年期间犹他州摩门教徒和非摩门教徒的癌症发病率进行了比较。通过查询耶稣基督后期圣徒教会（即摩门教）的中央成员档案，确定了犹他州20379例病例中97.8%的成员身份。与吸烟相关的部位（肺、喉、咽、口腔、食管和膀胱）显示，摩门教徒的发病率约为非摩门教徒的一半。摩门教女性乳腺癌、宫颈癌和卵巢癌的发病率较低；宫颈癌的发病率约为非摩门教徒的一半。摩门教徒患胃癌、结直肠癌和胰腺癌的几率比不属于这个宗教团体的其他人低约三分之一。癌症发病率方面出现的大多数差异可以用摩门教关于性活动以及饮酒和吸烟的教义来解释，但有些差异（如结肠癌和胃癌）仍无法解释。
