Lifestyle-related cancer death rates in Ireland: Decreasing or increasing?

We examined death patterns of tobacco-related cancers (lung, oesophagus, larynx, and pharynx) and of non-tobacco related ca Cancer Mortality Database. Estimated-annual-percent-changes (EAPC) in age-adjusted cancer death rates (standardised to worl intervals) and sex. Overall, EAPCs of all the cancer sites studied showed a declining trend in the most recent period (1992 and 2001. In 1992-2001, the youngest age-group studied (45-54 year-olds) showed a statistically significant declining annua (females); prostate cancer death rates have slowed down in the youngest adults (45-54 year-olds); and the oldest age-groups cancer sites, with a significant declining annual rate for breast cancer. In conclusion, the current and the future cancer encouraging.