Cancer of the stomach; a clinical study of 921 operatively and pathologically demonstrated cases . dng from cancer at the present time isapproximately 25 per cent, greater than 10 years ago. Hefinds that of the total mortahty from cancer in the regis- Tahle 4(Rates per 100,000 Population) 1900 1909 Actualincrease Per cent, ofincrease Switzerland Netherlands Scotland England and Wales. Norwaj^ German Empire Ireland Austria New Zealand Australia Japan Italy Denmark Spain Hungary Jamaica Serbia Ceylon
Cancer of the stomach; a clinical study of 921 operatively and pathologically demonstrated cases . dng from cancer at the present time isapproximately 25 per cent, greater than 10 years ago. Hefinds that of the total mortahty from cancer in the regis- Tahle 4(Rates per 100,000 Population) 1900 1909 Actualincrease Per cent, ofincrease Switzerland Netherlands Scotland England and Wales. Norwaj^ German Empire Ireland Austria New Zealand Australia Japan Italy Denmark Spain Hungary Jamaica Serbia Ceylon ^ Average 1908. - Decrease. International Cancer Statistics, 1900-1909. GENERAL DISTRIBUTION AND ETIOLOGY 21 LJ -J< UJ u. ^s^-v. ^ ^N N 1 I3f V 3; -^^\ X V, X ^1 o \ !8 3; \ ?=. ^ 5 S - ^s 1 4 ?31 1 Ig P^. 22 CANCER OF THE STOMACH tration area during 1906 to 1910, the proportion of suchdeaths at the age of 45 and over was 83 per cent. In countries other than the United States this increasein cancer mortality practically is a constant finding, asshown by Table 4. The relative increase in Germany, England and Americais demonstrated graphically in Chart III. These statisticsreturn the significant information that Hhe cancer deathrate in the civilized portion of the earth has increased cent, in the past decade. In Gastric Cancer, the ratio of occurrence to that ofnon-cancerous disease is to be determined mainly fromthe study of hospital admissions and mortality obtained from examination of hospital ad-missions is of but relative worth inasmuch as reports ofthis type are not representative of the status of the wholemass of population. The class of patients frequentinglarge general hospitals is often not a true index of the kindof
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