Low incidence of cancer of the stomach in Iowa

Conclusions

Cancer of the stomach has been found to cause about 5 per cent of all cancer deaths in Cedar Rapids during the past 8 years, and there are about 5 per cent more cases suspected of having died of gastric cancer. Cancer of the stomach at the Hospital of the State University of Iowa, accounts for 5.3 per cent of all cases of cancer admitted there. The low incidence of gastric cancer in Iowa may be affected by the high per cent of rural population, relatively little poverty, more accurate diagnosis in the data presented and other unknown factors. Some evidence is presented to show that gastric cancer in the United States, is not as frequent as many authors indicate it to be.