From Fundamentals of Biostatistics by Rosner 8th Edition Cancer Data from the Su

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From Fundamentals of Biostatistics by Rosner 8th Edition

Cancer Data from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registry provides incidence data for different can- cers according to age and sex for various tumor registries throughout the world. The data in Table 7.13 were obtained for colon cancer in women from the Connecticut Tumor Registry from 1988-1992. TABLE 7.13 Connecticut Tumor Registry data: Annual incidence rates for colon cancer from 1988-1992 for females Annual incidence rate Age (per 105 person-years) 40-44 45-49 16 50-54 27 55-59 50

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The probability that a 40 year old woman will develop colon cance over next 5 years

=8/101 =0.0792

Age Inicidence rate 40-44 8 45-49 16 50-54 27 55-59 50 Total 101

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