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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. not attained due to the small numbers of cases in these groups. As noted in the report of the NCI Cancer Control Review Group, SEER program incidence data do not cover Appalachia or the rural South (National Cancer Institute, 1997b). Cancer Incidence Among Native AmericansFour facts are consistently found in studies examining cancer among American Indian populations. They are:
SEER program information on cancer incidence, mortality and survival in Native Americans is only available for American Indians living in New Mexico and Arizona (the Southwestern American Indians), and Alaska Natives (Miller et al., 1996). As indicated in Table 2-12, the five foremost TABLE 2-12 Five Most Frequently Diagnosed Cancers Among Alaska Native and American Indian (New Mexico) Men, 1988 to 1992, Age Adjusted to 1970 U.S. Standard Population*
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