The Epidemiology of Cancer in Florida.

Based on information from the state tumor registry, the Florida Cancer Data System, approximately 99,100 new cases of cancer will have been diagnosed in Florida in 1997, or approximately one new case diagnosed every five minutes. Although this makes Florida the state with the third highest number of cases in the nation, the state actually has the highest crude incidence rate in the nation. In Florida, 40,100 deaths from cancer are expected this year, which is second only to the deaths experienced in California. The age-adjusted incidence rates of cancer of all sites combined rose from 1985 to 1991, but then began to fall (Figure). This is consistent with data from other states.