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Cancer, not heart disease, is now leading cause of death in Oakland

By Casey Smith | October 3, 2018 | 1

From 2015-2017, deaths from cancers supplanted those from heart disease, according to Alameda County Public Health Department data.

Despite cancer deaths declining over recent years, cancer has surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in Oakland and Alameda County.

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