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Article: DELAWARE'S CANCER INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY RATES DECLINE 2001-2005
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 4, 2009
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DOVER, Del., July 31 -- Delaware Department of Health and Social Services issued the following news release:
Cancer incidence and mortality rates have decreased in the last ten years, according to the 2008 Cancer Incidence and Mortality Report released by Delaware's Division of Public Health. The report, which covers cancer from 2001-2005, includes data for all-site cancer, as well as cervical, colorectal, lung, female breast and prostate cancers. Combined, these cancer types account for more than half of all cancers diagnosed in both Delaware and the U.S.
Comparing data from 1991-1995 and 2001-2005, Delaware's all-site cancer incidence rate decreased 5 percent while the national rate fell ...