[Fwd: The Politics of Cancer]

Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us
Sun Jan 24 10:19:40 PST 1999


Everybody has to die of something. What did people used to die of more ? In other words, what causes of death are falling ?

Charles Brown


>>> Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> 01/23 3:06 PM >>>
James McCarthy wrote:
>The figures refer to the percentages who will be diagnosed with cancer at
>some point in their lives, not necessarily in the calendar year 1999. And
>the figures are correct, and will almost certainly continue to rise in the
>foreseeable future -- they have been rising steadily in the postwar period.

Has the figure been rising because of our longer life expectancy?

Yoshie



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