The relation of cancer to life assurance : a paper read at the Life Assurance Medical Officers' Association, May 5th, 1897, with a discussion / by Joseph Frank Payne.

  • Payne, Joseph Frank, 1840-1910.
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[1897]
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Credit: The relation of cancer to life assurance : a paper read at the Life Assurance Medical Officers' Association, May 5th, 1897, with a discussion / by Joseph Frank Payne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    as a satisfactory method of stating the problem. My friend, Dr. Tatham, of the General Register Office, informs me that such averages are not calculated in that office for any disease, since they are regarded as misleading. It remains, then, to consider the proportion of persons dying of Cancer at particular ages. In estimating this proportion, it is, of course, necessary to take into account the estimated numbers of persons living at each age-period in the population. Dr. Tatham has kindly furnished me with a table, here re¬ produced, showing the death-rates from Cancer at particular ages, corrected for the estimated age distribution, and compared with the corresponding rates for Phthisis. Mortality from Cancer and from Phthisis in England and Wales, 1881-90. Ages. CANCER. PHTHISIS. Deaths. Rate per Million. Deaths. Rate per Million. All Ages 161,920 589 473,968 1,724 Under 5 years 712 20 18,950 536 5—10 332 10 9,502 290 10—15 332 11 15,680 521 15—20 563 20 42,471 1,545 20—25 859 35 57,802 2,324 25—35 5,221 128 118,508 2,901 35—45 18,315 584 98,178 3,132 45—55 36,069 1,545 63,913 2,737 55—65 45,761 2,868 34,606 2,169 65—75 38,318 4,160 12,485 1,355 75 and upwards 15,438 4,295 1,873 521 This table shows us that the chief mortality from Cancer takes j place late in life. Nearly the whole, i.e., about -|§ of the deaths