In four hospitals for the mentally handicapped, 302 patients died during the decade 1976-85; of these, 53 (17.5%) died from cancer. The percentage of deaths from all types of cancer during that period showed an increase, particularly in gastrointestinal cancer, as compared with the previous four decades.
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