Incidence and mortality for nasopharynx cancer in Italian migrants to Australia, Brazil (Saõ Paulo), Canada, England and Wales, France, Uruguay, and the United States (Connecticut; Los Angeles and San Francisco, California) are analyzed. While the available incidence and mortality rates in the south of Italy-from where a large majority of migrants derive-are comparable to or lower than the other Western countries, the study shows a high risk in Italian migrants compared with the locally-born populations. These results are consistent in both sexes and in all host countries with the exception of the two South American ones. This finding possibly reflects a migration from some Italian sub-areas at higher risk, consitent with the high risk reported for some other Mediterranean populations (Maghreb, Malta). © 1993 Rapid Communications of Oxford Ltd.

Migration Italy Incidence nasopharynx cancer Mortality

World Health immigrant demography risk human controlled study Time Factors Aged male female nasopharynx cancer Incidence Article cancer mortality Support, Non-U.S. Gov't adult Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms Sex Factors Italy Transients and Migrants cancer incidence