Contains a great wealth of data from most of the large cities in the U.S. Never before has so much city-based health data been assembled into one document. The Chicago Dept. of Public Health, continually sought out comparative rates for other cities; they decided that they had to create their own database by requesting this information from officials in other cities. Contents: Trends in Lung Cancer Mortality in Kansas City, MOÓ; indicators by gender, race/ethnicity, & year; city percentile ranks by indicator; selected analyses; morbidity forms; population & race/ethnicity distribution of cities; & calculation of years of life lost.