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P J Kloppers

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PubMed1983

[The incidence pattern of certain cancers in the RSA].

The numbers of patients treated for seven types of carcinoma during 1977 at 10 hospitals in South Africa have been reviewed. The total number of patients admitted to the 10 hospitals in 1977 was 286 373. Slightly more than 1%, namely 3 409, of these patients suffered from carcinoma of the cervix, oesophagus, breast, lung, liver, stomach or colon. Carcinoma of the cervix was commonest among Black patients and carcinoma of the colon among Whites. The relative incidence of the different types of carcinoma among Whites was almost the opposite of the sequence among Blacks.

Black People↗
PubMed1980

[Ischemic heart disease--a cause of unexpected sudden death in black people].

Myocardial infarction has been found to be a significantly frequent cause of unexpected sudden death in Black males in Pretoria and its vicinity. A study of 758 autopsies performed for unexplained sudden death in Blacks revealed 39 fatal infarcts in 511 males but only 1 in 247 females. The condition became evident in the third decade, rose sharply in the fourth and declined gradually thereafter.

Adult↗
PubMed1977

Western diseases in developing peoples: in search of a 'marker'.

Phleboliths were sought in pelvic radiographs of some 1 500 patients of whom about half were White and half were Black. A marked difference was found, and many more phleboliths occured in the White group. It may be that the younger group of Blacks exhibit more phleboliths than do the older folk. Phleboliths may be found to serve as a 'marker' for a developing Western pattern of diseases.

Adolescent↗