Cancer, Infant Mortality and Birth Sex-Ratio in Fallujah, Iraq 2005–2009

Chris Busby, Malak Hamdan and Entesar Ariabi
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Chris Busby: Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Ulster, Cromore Rd, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, UK
Malak Hamdan: 100 Tanfield Avenue, Neasden, London, NW2 7RT, UK
Entesar Ariabi: 82 Goldsmith Road, London, N11 3JN, UK

IJERPH, 2010, vol. 7, issue 7, 1-10

Abstract: There have been anecdotal reports of increases in birth defects and cancer in Fallujah, Iraq blamed on the use of novel weapons (possibly including depleted uranium) in heavy fighting which occurred in that town between US led forces and local elements in 2004. In Jan/Feb 2010 the authors organised a team of researchers who visited 711 houses in Fallujah, Iraq and obtained responses to a questionnaire in Arabic on cancer, birth defects and infant mortality. The total population in the resulting sample was 4,843 persons with and overall response rate was better than 60%. Relative Risks for cancer were age-standardised and compared to rates in the Middle East Cancer Registry (MECC, Garbiah Egypt) for 1999 and rates in Jordan 1996–2001. Between Jan 2005 and the survey end date there were 62 cases of cancer malignancy reported (RR = 4.22; CI: 2.8, 6.6; p

Keywords: Fallujah; Iraq; cancer; leukemia; depleted uranium; gulf war (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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