In Mississippi, reduction of death ...

() - Activation of a colon cancer screening has helped slash deaths from the disease in the United States in recent years, but not all regions have benefited equally. According to new research from the American Cancer Society, reduction in mortality was significantly faster in the north-east than in the South levaquin side effects last. In the early 1990s, states with the highest rates of colon cancer deaths were united in Rust Belt, Mid-Atlantic region and New England. Within a decade, the study shows high rates may instead find in the Deep South and Appalachia, thanks to a sharp decline in the Northeast. Mortality in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Connecticut and all have fallen by 33% or more during the 10-year period, whereas the reduction was 15% or less in six southern states, including West Virginia, Louisiana and Alabama, the study said. In Mississippi, the reduction in mortality was not even statistically significant, making it one of only two states (along with Wyoming) do not see a noticeable improvement. The main factor, in fact, [that] the screening rates are lower in the South compared with North-East, said Ahmedin Jemal, Ph.D., lead study author and vice president of research, observation of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta. Southern states tend to be poorer than the northern states, and they tend to have more people without health insurance that can give up regular screening, experts recommend that people over 50 years, Jamal explains.