Lung Cancer Among the Jewish and Non-Jewish of Montreal, Quebec, 1956-1966: Mortality Rates, and Cigarette Smoking Behaviour

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Lung Cancer Among the Jewish and Non-Jewish of Montreal, Quebec, 1956-1966: Mortality Rates, and Cigarette Smoking Behaviour
Abstract
The author examines over-all lung-cancer mortality pattern, by ethnic group and religion, in Montreal from 1956 to1966. He notes that lung cancer mortality appeared high for Jewish females relative to their non-Jewish equals, and low for Jewish males compared with non-Jewish males. The author found that the Jewish male and female lung cancer cases had lower proportions of "epidermoid or anaplastic" cell types comprising their total pathologies, had higher proportions of non-smokers, and they consumed fewer cigarettes, on average, than did their non-Jewish counterparts. He concludes that among Jewish males, histology and smoking behaviour suggests that their low lung cancer death rate could have been explained by their low rate of cigarette smoking. However, among Jewish females, histology and smoking behaviour intimates that cigarette smoking may not have been the reason for their high lung cancer mortality rate.
Type
Master's Thesis
University
McGill University
Place
Montreal
Date
1971
# of Pages
[viii]-93p.
Language
en
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Citation
Horowitz, Isadore. “Lung Cancer Among the Jewish and Non-Jewish of Montreal, Quebec, 1956-1966: Mortality Rates, and Cigarette Smoking Behaviour.” Master’s Thesis, McGill University, 1971. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/6q182p22c?locale=en.
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