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Alarming rise in cancer cases in Northeast: Experts
Assam Tribune | Agartala/Aizawl, Oct 14 (IANS):
Incidence of cancer has been rising alarmingly in the hilly northeastern region of India, almost half the cases being attributed to consumption of tobacco products, experts say.
"Compared to 10 years back, the incidence of cancer is 20 to 30 percent higher in the northeastern region, where people have been leading a multifaceted lifestyle due to locational reasons," they said.
Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) superintendent Gautam Mazumder told IANS: "Tobacco and dietary habits were among the main causes of cancer in the northeastern region."
Tribals, who constitute 27 percent of the northeast's total population of 45.50 million (2011 census) are traditionally heavy users of different types of tobacco products.
According to the latest report of the union health and family welfare ministry, Mizoram (67.2 percent), Nagaland (56.8 percent) Tripura (55.9 percent) have the highest number of tobacco users in India, while, 34.6 percent of the adult Indian population is the national average for tobacco use.
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