Cancer Incidence Trend in the Hebei Spirit Oil Spill Area, from 1999 to 2014: An Ecological Study

Kyung-Hwa Choi, Myung-Sook Park, Mina Ha, Jong-Il Hur and Hae-Kwan Cheong
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Kyung-Hwa Choi: Taean Environmental Health Center, Taean, Chungnam 32148, Korea
Myung-Sook Park: Taean Environmental Health Center, Taean, Chungnam 32148, Korea
Mina Ha: Department of Preventive Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Chungnam 31116, Korea
Jong-Il Hur: Taean Environmental Health Center, Taean, Chungnam 32148, Korea
Hae-Kwan Cheong: Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Gyeonggi 16419, Korea

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: The Hebei Spirit oil spill (HSOS) occurred in the Republic of Korea on 7 December 2007. We aimed to describe the cancer incidence trend in Taean County before and after the oil spill. Five major cancers and leukemia were analyzed. Cancer incidence data were obtained from the Korean National Cancer Center. We compared the standardized incidence rates in Taean with those observed nationwide and selected three coastal areas. Joinpoint regression analysis was used to examine the trends in the average annual percent change and perform comparisons. The incidence rate of prostate cancer increased from 2007 to 2009 at an annual average of 39.3% (95% confidence interval (CI): −25.9, 161.8), 13.5% (95% CI: 11.7, 15.4), and 15.6% (95% CI: 11.9, 19.5), respectively, in Taean, nationwide, and in the coastal areas. The incidence of leukemia among women increased at an annual average of 9.5% (95% CI: −26.6, 63.4) in Taean and 0.6% (95% CI: 0.2, 0.9) nationwide; the rate decreased by 1.9% (95% CI: −12.8, 10.4) in the coastal areas. The trends between Taean County and the coastal areas differed only for prostate cancer ( p = 0.0004). The incidence of prostate cancer among Taean County residents has increased since the HSOS.

Keywords: Hebei Spirit oil spill; cancer incidence; national cancer registry; long-term health effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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