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Meghalaya, 12th March: <\/strong>Meghalaya Health Minister A.L. Hek said East Khasi Hills district has the highest tobacco-related cancer cases and also the second-highest incidence rate in the country.<\/p>\n

“Yes, it is a fact that as per the National Cancer Registry Programme, the statistics 2020, East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya has the second-highest cancer incidence rate. It is a fact that East Khasi Hills district has the highest relative proportion of cancers associated with the use of tobacco for both males and females,”<\/strong> Hek told the Assembly.<\/p>\n

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He said tobacco<\/a><\/span>-related cancer of 66.9% in men and 43.1% in women in the district is the highest in the country.<\/p>\n

The Health Minister also said that the total number of cancer patients from East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills, and Ri-Bhoi district are 7,014 in the past five years.<\/p>\n

According to senior health officials, there were 3,281 deaths due to the same from the four districts in the past five years with 2,068 of them being men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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