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Comparing the method of Wun, Merrill, and Feuer (1998) to the PMAJ method. We calculate lifetime risks of developing certain cancers for different race and sex combinations. For each lifetime risk we give the old method of Wun, Merrill, and Feuer [4], the PMAJ method, and the percent difference. In general, the two methods agree to within about 2 percent.

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Fay Population Health Metrics 2004 2:6   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-2-6