A Nishinippon Shimbun survey of revealed that from the years 2003 to 2007, 54 of Kyushu’s 241 municipalities had death rates from leukemia more than double the national average. Sixteen of those municipalities had death rates from three to six times the national average. Many of those municipalities are either on outlying islands or on the seacoast. Many specialists say that Kyushu’s high rate is caused by a high rate of infection of the adult t-cell lymphoma virus.
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- Leukemia Death Rate in 54 Kyushu Municipalities More than Double National Average
Leukemia Death Rate in 54 Kyushu Municipalities More than Double National Average
- Published: Mar 11, 2010 / Last Updated: Mar 11, 2010
