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E W BEST

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PubMed1965

SMALLPOX CONTROL IN CANADA.

During the period 1961 to 1963 there were 10 separate importations of smallpox cases by aircraft into England and Wales, Germany, Sweden, Poland and Canada. A feature of the resulting outbreaks was the number of cases and deaths of physicians and other health personnel. With the increasing volume of international air traffic there is a risk of importing incubating cases of smallpox into Canada, as occurred in 1962. Millions of Canadians have been protected against smallpox. Some complications of smallpox vaccination have occurred in Canada; such complications can be minimized by proper attention to contraindications to vaccination. The Food and Drug Directorate, Department of National Health and Welfare, has circularized all physicians in Canada to request their co-operation in reporting adverse reactions to drugs. This includes serious, unusual or unsuspected reactions to immunizing agents (vaccines, toxoids and antitoxins). The latter information will be shared with the Epidemiology Division, Department of National Health and Welfare, and the provincial epidemiologist and manufacturer concerned. The importance of maintaining the smallpox immunity of physicians, nurses and other hospital and health personnel in Canada is emphasized.

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PubMed1963

THE MAGNITUDE OF THE LUNG CANCER PROBLEM IN CANADA.

Available statistics were studied to define the extent of the lung cancer problem in Canada. Because of the low overall survival in treated and untreated cases at one year, mortality figures provide a rough index of morbidity from this disease.Male lung cancer death rates rose steadily from 3.0 to 24.6, and female rates from 1.6 to 4.0 per 100,000 population between 1931 and 1961. In males, the greatest increase occurred in the 70-74 year age group (eighteen-fold) and in females in the 80-84 year age group (seven-fold).Lung cancer caused 2774 deaths in Canada in 1961, and was the leading cause of cancer deaths for males in all age groups from 40 to 79 years. It accounted for approximately 1 in 5 of all cancer deaths in males and 1 in 26 in females.Lung cancer mortality in Canada has not increased to the same extent as in certain other countries, but to counter the rising trend, changes in the smoking habits of the population are required as well as community and industrial control of atmospheric carcinogens.

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PubMed1963

Lung cancer mortality trends in Canada, 1931-1960.

Trends in mortality due to lung cancer in Canada since 1931 were reviewed and data for 1960 presented. In 1960, 2223 male deaths were due to lung cancer. In each five-year age group over 45, there has been a distinct increase in male lung cancer death rates since 1931. The greatest increase occurred between the ages of 65 and 79. The age group 70-74, where the lung cancer mortality rates increased from 10.7 in the period 1931-33 to 173.5 in 1958-60, indicates the trend. Between 1931 and 1960, the proportion of male lung cancer deaths to all male cancer deaths increased from 3% to 18.8%. Female deaths due to lung cancer numbered 321 in 1960. Between 1931 and 1960 the proportion of female lung cancer deaths to all female cancer deaths increased only from 1.4% to 3.2%.

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