A STATISTICAL-ANALYSIS OF COMPUTERIZED PATHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY DATA IN JAPAN FROM 1974 THROUGH 1993

Authors
AIZAWA S FUKUSHIMA T
Citation
S. Aizawa et T. Fukushima, A STATISTICAL-ANALYSIS OF COMPUTERIZED PATHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY DATA IN JAPAN FROM 1974 THROUGH 1993, Pathology international, 47(2-3), 1997, pp. 126-146
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Pathology international → ACNP
ISSN journal
13205463
Volume
47
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
126 - 146
Database
ISI
SICI code
1320-5463(1997)47:2-3<126:ASOCPA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A computerized nationwide autopsy database was analyzed to assess the main pathologic diagnoses and primary sites of malignancies in Japan f rom 1974 to 1993. The data contained more than 689 000 cases, which co rresponds to about 5.0% of deaths in Japan during that time. Cases wer e analyzed in four 5-year periods. The distribution of the diseases an d tumor primary sites for age and sex was listed. The histologic types of pulmonary and gastric malignancies and the frequencies of primary sites in brain metastases were used as examples.