This research was supported [in part] by the Intramural Research Program
of the NIH, National Cancer Institute. Cancer incidence data from the Atlanta
metropolitan area were collected by the Georgia Center for Cancer Statistics,
Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University,
Atlanta, Georgia. Cancer incidence data from California were collected by the
California Cancer Registry, California Department of Public Health’s Cancer
Surveillance and Research Branch, Sacramento, California. Cancer incidence
data from the Detroit metropolitan area were collected by the Michigan Cancer
Surveillance Program, Community Health Administration, Lansing, Michigan. The
Florida cancer incidence data used in this report were collected by the Florida
Cancer Data System (Miami, Florida) under contract with the Florida Department of
Health, Tallahassee, Florida. The views expressed herein are solely those of
the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the FCDC or FDOH. Cancer
incidence data from Louisiana were collected by the Louisiana Tumor Registry,
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health,
New Orleans, Louisiana. Cancer incidence data from New Jersey were collected
by the New Jersey State Cancer Registry, The Rutgers Cancer Institute of New
Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Cancer incidence data from North Carolina
were collected by the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry, Raleigh, North
Carolina. Cancer incidence data from Pennsylvania were supplied by the Division
of Health Statistics and Research, Pennsylvania Department of Health,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Health specifically
disclaims responsibility for any analyses, interpretations or conclusions.
Cancer incidence data from Arizona were collected by the Arizona Cancer
Registry, Division of Public Health Services, Arizona Department of Health
Services, Phoenix, Arizona. Cancer incidence data from Texas were collected
by the Texas Cancer Registry, Cancer Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch,
Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas. Cancer incidence
data from Nevada were collected by the Nevada Central Cancer Registry,
Division of Public and Behavioral Health, State of Nevada Department of
Health and Human Services, Carson City, Nevada.
We are indebted to the participants in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study
for their outstanding cooperation. We also thank Sigurd Hermansen and Kerry
Grace Morrissey from Westat for study outcomes ascertainment and management
and Leslie Carroll at Information Management Services for data support and
analysis.
