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J .................. >. 4 4`f.. It Is apparent from the table that the lung ctvncrr death rate {or the eight counties Immediately surrounding the asbestpsproducing areas Is practlcally-ldentlcal With that of eight counties seleetod for comparison, White Megantlc County has a rate nearly twice that of the combined eight elected,counties, it Is lower than tho rate for the ProvLnca, and considerably lower than the rate for Montreal, The figure for Montroal would certainly be higher except for the very low number* of deaths reported for 1950 and If 51, and It would appear that In those years some error in reporting has undoubtedly been made. On tho basis of the other years, 1950 and 1951 deaths would be oxpected to be about 00 greater. This, would result In s rate of 40 per 100,000, The only possible conclusion from tbis comparison Is that thero Is no ovtdoace that the persons who live and work la the counties surrounding ,&nd adja'cont to the asbasCoiproduclng areas'have any greater incidence of lung cancer than those who live elsawhere In the Frovinco, _ i ^ cr' Dle-cuneton-ol Atl Recordtd Lung Cancer Cases,. Living end Dead, rfnron'vthe Asbeetoo Minora Although a simple enumeration of all tho known or suspected casoo i. of cancer of tho lung In thoeo arose has ho particular value from a statistical point of view, U Is of Interest to summarise such cases for the record, There were nine deaths prior to Ibo beginning of tho liens period covorod by the study, Including ono In which the diagnosis was mediastinal lymphosarcoma. 'l t t