[Cause of death statistics (II). Findings for insurance medicine: malignant tumors]

In the age group that is of importance for life insurance, tumors of the alimentary tract are the main cause of death. Lung cancer takes place number 2 in the male and breast cancer in the female population. In females age 30 to 60 breast cancer is the killer number one of all tumors. Tumors specific to the female sex account for about half of all cancer deaths in that age group. In children and young adults under age 30 leukemia takes first place of all malignancies. Age specific problems are shown in cross-sections and longitudinal sections. In general the overall mortality of tumors rises with age. In the young, death due to tumors is a rare event. The difference between the clinical incidence of tumors and the frequency of tumors as causes of death was elaborated.