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The Center for Disease govern and Prevention (CDC) has published a comprehensive report forward state-specific cancer rates with information upon incidence and mortality rates. The report, "U Cancer Statistics: 2001 Incidence and Mortality," includes data onward all forms of cancer and indicates whether the incidence of a specific form of the disease is increasing, falling, or remaining stable in a given area. Data includes 92 percent of the U population, with racial, ethnic, and form relative to sex information from 43 states and six metropolitan areas. A section forward mesothelioma and Kaposi's sarcoma has been added. futurity reports will include data from American Indians and Alaska Natives. To access the data, fare to http://seer.cancer.gov/sta-tistics/ or http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/uscs/index.asp?Year=2001. Also available online are the CDC pres release (http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r041119.htm) and Fact Sheet (http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs041119.htm).

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