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The Louisiana Tumor Registry in collaboration with the Department of Pathology, LSU Medical Center has prepared this second volume of Cancer in Louisiana in response to the legislative requirements concerning annual reports on cancer. Although incidence rates are pref er able in determining the severity of the cancer problem, in Louisiana they are only available for the New Orleans metropolitan area. In 1983 the Louisiana Tumor Registry expanded to cover the southern portion of the state and in 1985 expanded to cover the northeast area. Contracts with regional tumor registries are being utilized in order to provide population-based incidence data. Increased funding by the Legislature will be necessary in order to cover the rest of the state and determine the number of new cancer cases in Louisiana. The geographic distribution of cases and risk factors which are associated with the serious cancer problem in Louisiana are important items which must be investigated in order to have a rational approach to the control of cancer in Louisiana. In addition to the incidence data produced by the Louisiana Tumor Registry, this report utilizes graphs, charts, and maps based on statistical data reported in the £_. §. Cancer Mortality Raandt eTrsends 1950-197V9ol,u me I-m by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Cancer Institute. Thomas Ballinger from the Public Health Statistics section of the Office of Preventive and Public Health Services provided 1983 death statistics for Louisiana. We extend our thanks to Louise Bellazer, Bea Bonin, and George Blount for typing and helping with the preparation of this monograph, and to Kenneth Jones for designing the front cover. It should be noted that for the decade of the 1970's Louisiana ranked first in the death rates of white males due to lung cancer and the gap between Louisiana and the rest of the states is increasing (see Figure 7 A). During the same decade, for all cancers combined, Louisiana white males ranked fourth out of fifty states.

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3-27-1985

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Louisiana Tumor Registry

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The Louisiana Tumor Registry can be reached at LTR-info@lsuhsc.edu

Cancer in Louisiana: Volume 2

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