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MMWR — Declines in Lung Cancer Rates — California, 1988 to 1997
Thursday, November 30, 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in conjunction with the California Department
of Health Services, is releasing a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) study that found the rate of decline
in lung and bronchus cancer incidence was more rapid in California than other selected regions of the United States.
The study, "Declines in Lung Cancer Rates — California, 1988 to 1997," analyzes data collected from the National Cancer
Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) on five states (Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico and Utah)
and three metropolitan area registries (Atlanta, Detroit, and Seattle-Puget Sound), and compares it to data collected from
the the California Cancer Registry (CCR). In 1988, California became the first state to pass a voter’s approved initiative,
Proposition 99, to raise tobacco taxes and dedicate a portion of the revenue for a comprehensive tobacco use prevention program.
Funding for this comprehensive program began in 1990, which further accelerated the decline that began in the late 1980s. This
report shows that public health efforts, including a comprehensive tobacco control program, have resulted in a decline in
lung and bronchus cancer rates in California
Other study findings:
- California’s lung and bronchus cancer incidence rates decreased by 14 percent (from 71.9 per 100,000 in 1988 to 60.1 per
100,000 in 1997), while other selected and combined U.S. regions declined by only 2.7 percent (from 67.7 per 100,000 in
1988 to 64.7 per 100,000 in 1997).
- The decline in lung and bronchus incidence rates for males in California (98.8 per 100,000 in 1988 to 74.9 per 100,000 in
1997) was 1.5 times larger than the decline in males (100.5 per 100,000 in 1988 to 84.9 per 100,000 in 1997) in other selected
and combined U.S. regions.
- Among women in California, the lung and bronchus incidence rates decreased by 4.8 percent (52.6 per 100,000 in 1988 to 49.1
per 100,000 in 1997), while there was a 13.2 increase (44.5 per 100,000 in 1988 to 50.1 per 100,000 in 1997) in other selected
and combined U.S. regions.
Declines
in
Lung
Cancer
Rates
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California,
1988
to
1997
— MMWR Highlights
Declines
in
Lung
Cancer
Rates
—
California,
1988
to
1997
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