Lung cancer rate alarming
January 28th, 2009
Erie leads the pack, so to speak, but we don’t want to win this contest.
The 2009 Erie County Health Profile shows that Erie County’s death rate from heart disease and stroke has decreased, but the death rate from cancer, especially lung cancer, is up.
The Erie County Health Department reported that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths here, “killing more people during 2004-2006 than breast, prostate, colorectal, pancreatic and ovarian cancers combined.”