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PA CANCER REGISTRY STATISTICS
1995 – 1999

AREA AROUND POTTSTOWN LANDFILL
Includes Lower Pottsgrove, Upper Pottsgrove, West Pottsgrove, Pottstown, North Coventry, Douglass Berks

VS. U.S. AND TRI COUNTY
Tri County refers to remaining areas of Berks, Chester, and Montgomery Counties

Cancers listed below are among the most common cancers in the nation

AROUND THE POTTSTOWN LANDFILL THEY ARE MUCH HIGHER
THAN THE NATION AND TRI COUNTY

Type of Cancer	Local Cases	Rate Gr. Potts.	Per U.S.	100,000 Tri-County	% Above U.S.	% Above Tri-County
Kidney/ Renal Pelvis	45	15.2	9.5	10.7	+60.0*	+42.7
Rectum	61	18.2	12.6	16.0	+44.4*	+13.5
Uterine	51	31.7	22.0	22.8	+44.1**	+38.7
Breast (female)	263	161.5	116.0	129.8	+39.2*	+24.5*
Brain/ Central Nervous System	23	8.3	6.0	6.2	+38.3	+32.5
Urinary Bladder	79	22.9	16.9	19.4	+35.5**	+17.9
Colon	129	37.9	31.3	36.7	+21.1	+3.3
Lung	197	62.3	55.7	52.6	+11.8	+18.4**
Leukemia	35	11.6	10.4	10.1	+11.5	+14.9

Sources:
Pennsylvania State Cancer Registry, National Cancer Institute (cancer cases).
U.S. Census Bureau (population data)

Statistics:
Joseph Mangano, MPH MBA National Coordinator RPHP (718) 857-9825

U.S. includes Alaska Territories, Atlanta area, Connecticut, Detroit area, Hawaii, Iowa, Los Angeles area, New Mexico, San Francisco area, San Jose-Monterrey area, Seattle area, Utah (about 14% of U.S. population)

Rates adjusted for 1970 U.S. standard population

* = significant at p<.05; ** = borderline significant at p<.10

Cancer is an epidemic across the nation. When rates around the Pottstown Landfill are so far above the national averages, there is clearly reason for concern.