NORTH RIDGEVILLE ? An analysis of cancer rates among residents of the area of the city known as ?The Swamps? where people feared an unknown health risk, shows no abnormal rate of cancer, a county health official said Saturday.
Analysis of data from 1997 through 2008 showed the cancer rates among residents were 11 cases below the expected number for that neighborhood compared with national data, said Ken Pearce, director of the Lorain County General Health District.
There were no children diagnosed with cancers during that period, and no environmental causes were associated with the diagnosed cancer cases, Pearce said. The majority of cancer cases reviewed in the study are linked to lifestyle behaviors and genetics, he said.
The area studied is near Center Ridge Road, one of the former Lake Erie beach ridges that still rise over the surrounding typography, Pearce said.
It is between Lear Nagle Road and McKinley Avenue from east and west, and between Mills and Center Ridge roads to the north and south.
Residents or former residents of the area had sought soil testing and a health study to determine whether there was an abnormally high rate of cancer.
The health district used its own staff and help from state health officials to analyze data from the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System to determine the number of people living in ?The Swamps? area who were diagnosed with cancer, Pearce said.
Cancer cases from ?The Swamps? during that time were then compared with national cancer rates from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program at the National Cancer Institute, Pearce said.
The complete results can be found on the district?s website, Pearce said.
?The result of the assessment does not show any significant difference of cancer among the neighborhood residents when compared to national cancer rates; therefore, there is no reason to think anything unusual is happening in ?The Swamps,? ? Robert Indian, Chief of the Ohio Department of Health Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, said in a news release.
To read the cancer report, visit www.loraincountyhealth.com.
Contact Cindy Leise at 329-7245 or cleise@chroniclet.com.
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