Abstract
Migration adds a complex dimension to the task of those who plan and allocate resources for health care. The authors offer a methodology for estimating the contribution of migration to the incidence of cancer, allow for age- and sex-specific cancer risks, and estimate, by country, the impact of recent migration on the annual incidence of cancer in Florida. Cancer and migration data were used to develop estimates of the number of cancer cases for Florida counties that were attributable to recent migrants. A net gain and loss ratio was calculated for new cancer cases in 1980 resulting from the 1975-80 migration pattern. Florida data was used because that State has one of the highest crude cancer incidence rates in the nation, is one of the most populous States, and has a population growth from migration rather than from natural increase. Preliminary findings on the relationship between cancer health services resources and net cancer rates from migration are discussed. County cancer health services resources had a strong positive relationship to population size, but the impact of migration on cancer incidence was in a curvilinear relationship to population size.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Kasl S. V., Berkman L. Health consequences of the experience of migration. Annu Rev Public Health. 1983;4:69–90. doi: 10.1146/annurev.pu.04.050183.000441. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Shai D. Cancer mortality in Cuba and among the Cuban-born in the United States: 1979-81. Public Health Rep. 1991 Jan-Feb;106(1):68–73. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Stanhope J. M., Prior I. A. The Tokelau Island migrant study: prevalence of various conditions before migration. Int J Epidemiol. 1976 Sep;5(3):259–266. doi: 10.1093/ije/5.3.259. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Stanhope J. M., Sampson V. M., Prior I. A. The Tokelau Island Migrant Study: serum lipid concentration in two environments. J Chronic Dis. 1981;34(2-3):45–55. doi: 10.1016/0021-9681(81)90050-3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Staszewski J. Cancer of the upper alimentary tract and larynx in Poland and in Polish-born Americans. Br J Cancer. 1974 May;29(5):389–399. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1974.86. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Stenhouse N. S., McCall M. G. Differenital mortality from cardiovascular disease in migrants from England and Wales, Scotland and Italy, and native-born Australians. J Chronic Dis. 1970 Nov;23(5):423–431. doi: 10.1016/0021-9681(70)90026-3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Warshauer M. E., Silverman D. T., Schottenfeld D., Pollack E. S. Stomach and colorectal cancers in Puerto Rican-born residents of New York City. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1986 Apr;76(4):591–595. doi: 10.1093/jnci/76.4.591. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]