Secular and cohort trends in mortality from cancer in Scotland during 1953-93, and incidence during 1960-90, were analysed using individual records from the national mortality and registration files. For certain cancer sites, the secular analyses of mortality were extended back to 1911 by use of published data. Mortality from cancer at older ages in Scotland has increased over the last 40 years.
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March 1993
There has been an increased interest during 1992 in the numbers of deaths from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, because of reports of reductions in the numbers in several countries where changes in advice on infant care had been made. Numbers of infant deaths in general and of those due to the syndrome in particular are described and analysed by some of the variables which are provided at the time of registration. The decline in the number of deaths from the syndrome reported recently by the Scottish Cot Death Trust is supported by the full figures for 1991.
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