CANCER RATES IN WOODBURY COUNTY WERE THE MAIN TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT A HEALTH FORUM AT WESTERN IOWA TECH THURSDAY MORNING.
WHITNEY ZAHND, A PROFESSOR WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SAYS IOWA HAS THE 2ND HIGHEST CANCER RATE IN THE COUNTRY AND THE INCIDENCE RATE IS RISING WHILE THE U.S. RATE IS FALLING:
CANCERWIT6 OC……..THAN THE U.S. RATE. :15
ZAHND SAYS THE STATE’S CANCER DEATH RATE IS ALSO A LITTLE HIGHER:
CANCERWIT7 OC…….DEATHS OVER TIMES. :14
SHE SAYS FIFTY-NINE COUNTIES IN IOWA HAVE CANCER RATES ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE:
CANCERWIT8 OC…..BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. :15
THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY EDUCATION IN ALL 99 IOWA COUNTIES FOR CANCER PREVENTION AWARENESS.
AUDREY GRONEMEYER OF THE IOWA CANCER REGISTRY COORDINATES THE 99 COUNTY PROJECT AND SHARED THE LATEST DATA RELATED TO THE COUNTY;
CANCERWIT1 OC……TO THE U.S. RATE. :13
SHE SAYS THE PROSTATE CANCER RATE IN WOODBURY COUNTY IS COMPARATIVELY HIGHER:
CANCERWIT2 OC…….FROM PROSTATE CANCER. :15
OLDER MEN ESPECIALLY ARE MORE AT RISK AND SHOULD TALK WITH THEIR DOCTOR ABOUT A SCREENING:
CANCERWIT3 OC……AT AN EARLIER AGE. :18
FEMALE BREAST CANCER IS THE SECOND MOST COMMON FORM OF CANCER IN WOODBURY COUNTY:
CANCERWIT4 OC……AND TO THE U.S. RATE. :20
SHE SAYS REGULAR SCREENING IS IMPORTANT, AND MANY LOCAL WOMEN ARE DOING THAT:
CANCERWIT5 OC…….WITH THE BREAST CANCER SCREENING. :21
THE MEETING WAS FACILITATED BY THE COMMUNITY CANCER COALITION, INCLUDING SIOUXLAND DISTRICT HEALTH, UNITY POINT HEALTH AND THE ST. LUKE’S JUNE E. NYLEN CANCER CENTER.
