The breakfast offerings at a church in Durham, N. C. hasn't changed much over the years. Aside from the yogurt, there are scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits, waffles and syrup on a table in the dining hall.
Yet if the church is going to offer its members abundant life in a fition to an afterlife, the menu needs to change. Nearly 50 %, if not more, of the people in this church suffer from diabetes and other life threatening diseases. A weekly helping of these foods may not only aggravate their symptoms, it may be deadly. But church members now have a greater incentive to make changes
St. John Baptist Church, along with a dozen other African-American churches in Durham, is partici[pating in a research project at Duke University aimed at improving the health of blacks suffering from diabetes. Its plans to establish a sovial support group iin the churches, hold educational forums and teach participants how to get the most out of their doctor visits.
******************************************************* U.S. Cancer Deaths Decline for Second Straight Year, Though Mortality Rates Still Higher for Blacks Than Whites
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Although the number of cancer deaths in the U.S. declined by 3,014 from 2003 to 2004, marking the second consecutive decline in annual cancer deaths, blacks still have higher cancer mortality rates than whites, according to an American Cancer Society report released on Wednesday. Black women had a 9% lower cancer rate than white women but an 18% higher death rate. Black men had a 15% higher cancer rate and a 38% higher death rate than white men (Manning/Sternberg, USA Today, 1/18). For the report, ACS researchers reviewed U.S. death certificate data from 2004 compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics (Detroit Free Press, 1/18). ACS said the decline over two years indicates that the decrease in cancer deaths from 2002 to 2003 -- the first in more than 70 years -- was not a statistical fluke but potentially an emerging trend driven by smoking cessation increases and better detection and treatment of the most common types of cancers (Grady, New York Times, 1/17). Last year's report found that U.S. cancer deaths declined by 369 from 2002 to 2003. According to the new report, total cancer deaths in the U.S. decreased from 556,902 in 2003 to 553,888 in 2004 (Stein, Washington Post, 1/18). The cancer death rate -- the number of cancer deaths per 100,000 U.S. residents -- declined by about 2% in 2004, the same rate as in 2003, the report found. Prior to 2003, the cancer death rate had decreased about 1% annually for more than 10 years, but the total number of deaths continued to increase because of the growing and aging population (Stobbe, AP/Washington Examiner, 1/17). ************************************************************ Cancer Facts & Figures 2007 Graphs and Figures http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MED/content/MED_1_1_Most-Requested_Graphs_and_Figures_2007.asp
The most requested graphs and figures for Cancer Facts & Figures 2007 have been assembled in an electronic format (PDF) to make it easy for you to use them. Please note all graphic material should credit the American Cancer Society, Cancer Facts & Figures 2007. Age-Adjusted Cancer Death Rates, Females by Site, US, 1930-2003 Age-Adjusted Cancer Death Rates, Males by Site, US, 1930-2003 Estimated Cancer Deaths for Selected Cancer Sites by State, US, 2007 Estimated New Cancer Cases and Deaths by Sex for All Sites, US, 2007 Estimated New Cancer Cases for Selected Cancer Sites by State, US, 2007 Leading Sites of New Cancer Cases and Deaths*2007 Estimates Probability of Developing Invasive Cancers Over Selected Age Intervals, by Sex, US, 2001-2003
