incidence of BLC by States in 2008

Donna - thats an excellent question. Any body have any ideas? I know that I never heard of it before my diagnosis.

I first thought it could be because its all about urine and stuff and generally people aren't comfortable talking about those bodily functions. But that can't be because colon cancer is readily talked about.

Best,
Gracie

I find it interesting that there are more cases of BLC than skin cancer according to those stats - yet I think most people have not heard of BLC.

thanks for getting out the calculator Mike...I understand Kentucky, and N. Jersey.......but Maine...that one mystifies me? Maybe its the shifting winds from Jersey? I still think i'll move to Wyoming!!
Pat

I took a closer look at the study. The first column is the incidence rate per 100,000 population. Maine is the highest, and then New Jersey, followed by Kentucky.

Mike

Maybe they need one more statistic, which is how many per thousand people of population. Just number doesn't do much without comparing to population of the state.

01 California 36,132,147
02 Texas 22,859,968
03 New York 19,254,630
04 Florida 17,789,864
05 Illinois 12,763,371
06 Pennsylvania 12,429,616
07 Ohio 11,464,042
08 Michigan 10,120,860
09 Georgia 9,072,576
10 New Jersey 8,717,925

www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/usabypop.htm

Mike

Holy Crap!!!! To bad I can't blame the state. Lived in CA my whole life except for 7 years. Maybe I shouldn't have moved back. Over 6,000 in CA alone. I think CA was the highest. Kind of weird that I am one of those 6,000.

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