ABSTRACT
To investigate the cancer risk among residents of Rhineland-Palatinate winegrowing communities in an ecological study.
On the basis of the Rhineland-Palatinate cancer-registry, we calculated ageadjusted incidence rate ratios (RRs) for communities with a medium area under wine cultivation (>5-20%) and a large area under wine cultivation (>20%) in comparison with communities with a small area under wine cultivation (>0-5%). In a side analysis, standardized cancer incidence ratios (SIRs) were computed separately for winegrowing communities with small, medium and large area under wine cultivation using estimated German incidence rates as reference.
