William Atkins
Friday, 05 September 2008 21:29
Science -
Health
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The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention found 2.4 million cases of tobacco-related cancers in the United States between the years of 1999 and 2004.
The CDC report on tobacco-related cancers is entitled “
Surveillance for Cancers Associated with Tobacco Use --- United States, 1999—2004.” It was prepared by researchers from the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) and the Office on Smoking and Health, (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion).
The abstract to the report begins,
“Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. The 2004 Surgeon General report found convincing evidence for a direct causal relationship between tobacco use and the following cancers: lung and bronchial, laryngeal, oral cavity and pharyngeal, esophageal, stomach, pancreatic, kidney and renal pelvis, urinary bladder, and cervical cancers and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). This report provides state-level cancer incidence data and recent trends for cancers associated with tobacco use.”
According to the report, the researchers found that lung cancer and bronchial cancer caused about 50% of all the tobacco-related cancers.
The incidence rates for the different types of cancers ranged from 4 people out of 100,000 for acute myelogenous leukemia (at the low end) to 69.4 people out of 100,000 for lung and bronchial cancer (at the high end).
Age-adjusted incidence rates ranged from 4.0 per 100,000 persons (for AML) to 69.4 (for lung and bronchial cancer).
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