Cancer Profiling in Robeson County (Continuation)

To continue on a previous post, I've decided to take a glance at the cancer profiling from Robeson County once more.  In 2007, around 17,425 individuals in North Carolina died from cancer and 261 in Robeson County.  When compared to each other Robeson County was 21.4% had died from cancer and 23.0% from North Carolina as a whole.  For those whom are uninformed, cancer can be considered as being a group of around more than 100 difference species.  However, they are generally seen as being uncontrolled growth and the risk varies and increases based on age as well as gender.  As of right now cancer is seen as being the leading cause of death for those under that age of around 85.  With this being said it can be concluded that cancer takes a majority of lives in North Carolina.