April 2019 - The Epidemiology Monitor

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Cancer Society Publications Report Almost Half Of All Cancer Deaths Have Modifiable Risk Factors That Aren’t Being Modified Sufficiently According to a new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS) entitled “Prevention and Early Detection Facts and Figures” and an accompanying review article in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention by Ann Goding Sauer and colleagues at the ACS, approximately 45% of the estimated 607,000 cancer deaths expected to occur in the U.S. in 2019 are associated with potentially modifiable risk factors such as cigarette

smoking, excess body weight, alcohol intake, physical inactivity, and unhealthy diet. Cigarette smoking alone accounts for approximately 29% of all cancer deaths, and the ACS report discusses in detail how this principal cause of cancer can be attacked more effectively. However, at present many proven strategies to reduce cancer risk of all types are not - Cancer cont'd on page 2

CDC Reports Explosive and Widespread Increase In Hepatitis A Cases In Specific Population Subgroups

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Urgent Control Measures Called For An official Health Update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in late March 2019 reports more than 15,000 hepatitis A cases have occurred since 2016 when outbreaks in specific groups of persons were first identified. The outbreaks are now occurring primarily among people who use drugs (injection or non-injection) and people experiencing homelessness.

The more than 15,000 cases compares with 4,410 in the three year period 2013-2015 before the outbreaks, an almost fourfold increase since 2016. In addition, CDC reports 8,500 hospitalizations, or 57% of cases, a rate higher than in the past. To date, 140 deaths have been reported. - Hepatitis cont'd on page 9

April 2019

Volume Forty

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