Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Cancer Prevalence and Mortality Rates in Canada: Aging and Cohort Effects.

This paper identifies the spatial and temporal determinants of prostate cancer, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer, three prevalent forms of cancer in Canada. Specifically, we highlight the importance of age at residence in a cancer 'hotspot', arguing that an individual's migratory history and past places of residence are in certain circumstances better predictors of cancer in the present than current location. GIven that roughly a third of all Canadians move every five years, the ability to identify residential pathways has particular relevance. These data are the first in Canada to be able to measure the connection between current and previous places of residence and risk of contracting the three cancers mentioned above.