Median State Progress RI Decrease incidence of lung cancer. Decrease incidence of all cancers combined. Decrease mortality from colorectal cancer. Decrease mortality from breast cancer. Yr 2000 cancer incidence goals were not defined.
More adults exercise regularly.
More women ages 40-49 get biennial mammograms. More adults get annual rectal exams. Rhode Island exceeds the Healthy People 2000 goal for this screening activity. The Rhode Island Cancer Registry meets all standards for the inclusion of Rhode Island data in the calculation of incidence rates for the United States as a whole and for North America as a whole, as published annually in Cancer in North America . Male lung cancer rates have plateaued.