AOL: 10 Most Likely States For Cancer - Page 3

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@Noel7 wrote:
Vermont and Maine surprise me but I don't know why.

@Noel7I think there are a lot of people in these areas that live in remote parts of these states with low incomes and no healthcare being used. They do not go to doctors for checkups etc.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

In Florida where the age of the population is very high of course there would be a higher rate of people with cancer.Same in Pittsburgh, where the population is also older. Also, I would think that sun exposure over a lifetime would be a factor in all those southern states.

panda1234 · ‎04-27-2015

@viva923 wrote:
i just skimmed thru the list, how Delaware escaped the list is beyond me. Cancer rate in Delaware is so very high. My DD was diagnosed with cancer in May-June of 016, surgery was done September 016. Now it is yearly full body scans to see if the cancer ever comes back. This came out of the woodwork, she never ever smoked (dh and I are not smokers--we were but quit long before DD was born).

Years ago Delaware was known as the cancer capital.

Jamma · ‎03-10-2010

@Stray wrote:
I was surprised my state of NJ was not on top of the list. We have a lot of industry and I've always been told we live in the cancer belt. Not that I'm complaining just surprised.

That was my first thought----I thought we were #1 too.

Jamma

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

Something seems very suspect about this list. If you read the blurbs that matched each state, many of them focused on prostate and breast cancer along with lung cancer. But it was like they were making general statements about those cancers, not that those were the leading causes of cancer in those states. It was like there was an agenda behind this list.

I would think Florida for example would be high in skin cancer yet that isn't mentioned.

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

@viva923 wrote:
i just skimmed thru the list, how Delaware escaped the list is beyond me. Cancer rate in Delaware is so very high. My DD was diagnosed with cancer in May-June of 016, surgery was done September 016. Now it is yearly full body scans to see if the cancer ever comes back. This came out of the woodwork, she never ever smoked (dh and I are not smokers--we were but quit long before DD was born).

@viva923, I'm very sorry about your daughter. I'm assuming based on your post that your daughter was diagnosed with lung cancer? Lung cancer can be caused by many things other than smoking.

My good friend's mom was diagnosed with lung cancer over the summer. She never smoked and neither did her husband. However, she has worked inside a very old building for years and years. They believe her's is environmental, possibly from what is in that old building.

Pqfan · ‎03-09-2010

@Stray wrote:
I was surprised my state of NJ was not on top of the list. We have a lot of industry and I've always been told we live in the cancer belt. Not that I'm complaining just surprised.

I was thinking the same thing!

I am glad we aren't on there but in some parts of our state there is some "interesting" stuff going on!

Where I used to live at night sometimes the air had a smell of chemicals.

The water was undrinkable even with a filter.

I didn't realize how bad it was until I moved away from it.