The survival rates for patients
with cancer and other chronic diseases is much lower in southern
Italy than other parts of the country, Alessandro Solipaca, the
scientific director of the national observatory of the health of
Italy's regions, said on Thursday.
Solipaca said that the percentage of people who die from such
diseases in the South goes from 5% to 28%, with the worse case
being Campania.
This compares to a national average of 2.3%.
The exception is Puglia, where mortality rates are in line
with the national average.
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