Iowa lung cancer rates

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In a message dated 00-03-09 10:36:06 EST, Tom Mohaupt wrote:

Certainly you'll explain why Iowa has one of the highest general radon 
concentration among U.S. states, yet is much lower than the national average 
for lung cancer. 

Tom,

Thank-you for the kind words concerning the Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study.

I am sincerely sorry I can not respond to all your comments due to time 
constraints I have this week.  Tom, Iowa has the highest mean residential 
radon concentrations in the nation.  But, the reason Iowa ranks lower in lung 
cancer rates is because the smoking rates in Iowa are generally less than the 
national average.  However, lung cancer will account for one of every four 
cancer deaths in Iowa.  About 15% of these cancer deaths occur in NEVER 
smokers.  In 1997, smoking related cancer deaths were the fourth leading 
cause of death in Iowa.

Feel free to email me next week with other specific questions, I should have 
more time to address them.


Bill Field
bill-field@uiowa.edu
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