American Public Health Association (APHA)
Nation’s Health Publication
February, 2010

The Environmental Public Health Tracking Network now contains at least
some cancer data for 42 states and Washington, D.C., after federal
officials added new data and additional mapping features to the network
late last year.

Along with the new state data, the network also added data from five
cancer types: acute myeloid leukemia, breast cancer, chronic lymphocytic
leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia in children and acute myeloid
leukemia in children. The network’s new mapping feature allows users to
view a layer of maps showing interstate highways, rivers, lakes,
hospitals and other landscape features and overlap the geography with
disease trends.

The Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, which is coordinated
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, merges health,
exposure and hazard information from national, state and city sources to
help link environmental causes of illness. Topics cover both
environmental hazards and health conditions, including asthma and the
flu, birth defects, well water and pesticides.
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