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Article: INDIANA CANCER STATISTICS A MIXED BAG VANDERBURGH COUNTY'S OVERALL RATE ABOVE STATE, NATIONAL AVERAGES
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- September 23, 2003
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Two reports released Monday contained a mixed bag of news
regarding the number of Hoosiers diagnosed with cancer and the
likelihood of them dying from the disease.
Vanderburgh County continues to have an overall cancer rate that
is higher than the state and national averages, while newly diagnosed
cases of lung cancer were down slightly.
Indiana reported a lower statewide cancer incident rate in general
compared with the national average, but Hoosiers were more likely to
die from cancer.
The cost of all cancers was pegged at more than $174 billion
nationwide last year, including nearly $61 billion in direct medical
expenses. It is estimated more than 1.3 million new cases of cancer
will be ...