Vol.59, No.2 (2011) Contents

Special Topic: Cancer Statistics and Data Analysis
On the Special Topic "Cancer Statistics and Data Analysis"
..........Ken-ichi KAMO (59, 161-163)
Current Status and Future Direction of Cancer Statistics in Japan
..........Tomotaka SOBUE (59, 163-172)
Overview of the Mathematical Models Used for Cancer Statistics in the United States of America
..........Kota KATANODA (59, 173-180)
Application of Transition Models to Cancer Mortality Data
..........Shuichi MIDORIKAWA and Etsuo MIYAOKA (59, 181-192)
Trends in Cancer Incidence in Japan from 1975-2005
..........Dongmei QIU, Ken-ichi KAMO and Naoko SAKAMOTO (59, 193-203)
Statistical Analysis of Time Trend in Cancer Mortality Using Time Varying Coefficient
..........Tetsuji TONDA, Kenichi SATOH, Teruyuki NAKAYAMA, Kota KATANODA, Tomotaka SOBUE and Megu OHTAKI (59, 205-215)
Cancer Mortality Risk Visualization on Age-period Plane
..........Ken-ichi KAMO, Tetsuji TONDA and Kenichi SATOH (59, 217-237)
Evaluating Socio-economic Inequalities in Cancer Mortality by Using Areal Statistics in Japan: A Note on the Relation between Municipal Cancer Mortality and Areal Deprivation Index
..........Tomoki NAKAYA (59, 239-265)
Measuring Reduction in Cancer Risk Following Successful Control of an Infectious Disease
..........Hiroshi NISHIURA and Hisashi INABA (59, 267-286)
Estimation of 'Cure' Fraction for Cancer Patients Using Population-based Cancer Registry Data
..........Yuri ITO and Tomoyuki SUGIMOTO (59, 287-300)

Effects of Learning Mathematics on Grades in Economics : A Control Function Approach for Estimation and Pretesting
..........Shigeki KANO, Shingo TAKAGI and Yasutomo MURASAWA (59, 301-319)
Upper Bounds on Total Variation Distance by DeRobertis Separation
..........Kei KOBAYASHI (59, 321-329)