Cancer rates over age, time, and place: insights from stochastic models of heterogeneous populations

Individuals at the same age in the same population differ along numerous risk factors that affect their chances of various causes of death. The frail and susceptible tend to die first. This differential selection may partially account for some of the puzzles in cancer epidemiology, including the lack of apparent progress in reducing cancer incidence and mortality rates over time. (AUTHORS)

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Year of publication:	1999-04
Authors:	Vaupel, James W. ; Yashin, Anatoli I.
Institutions:	Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPIDR Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number WP-1999-006
Classification:	J1 - Demographic Economics ; Z0 - Other Special Topics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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