@article {:1 January 2003::25,
	title = "Malignant Neoplasms",
	journal = "Health Statistics from the Americas, 2003 Edition",
	volume = "1",
	year = "1 January 2003",
	abstract = "<I>Health Statistics from the Americas, 2003 Edition</I> presents summarized mortality data by age group and sex for all country-years received after publication of the 1998 edition in this series. The 2003 edition presents a large number of country-years of available data-177 data years from 35 countries. It includes 115 country-years of mortality data coded with the Ninth Revision (ICD-9) and 62 country-years with the Tenth Revision (ICD-10) of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. These data are presented for cause groups according to the PAHO 6/61 List for tabulation of ICD-9 and the PAHO 6/67 List for tabulation of ICD-10. Chapter I shows the average number of deaths with estimated rates per 100,000 population by broad age groups (under one, 1-4, 5-14, 15-24, 25-44, 45-64, 65 years and over), around 1980 and for the last three years available. This selection on <B>malignant neoplasms</B> provides details on: malignant neoplasm of the stomach; malignant neoplasm of the colon, rectum, and anus; malignant neoplasm of the trachea, bronchus and lung; malignant neoplasm of the female breast; malignant neoplasm of the uterus and placenta; malignant neoplasm of the prostate; and, leukemia and other malignant neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissue.",
	pages = "25-59(35)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/paho/paho591/2003/00000001/00000002/art00003"
}