In the United States, the average risk of a male developing cancer at some point in his life is 40.14%, and the risk dying from it is 21.24%. In this film crew, 41.36% developed cancer, and 20.91% died from it. Taken at face value, those figures suggest that any supposition that a 'cancer epidemic' resulted from the filming is unfounded. Nevertheless, the perception remains not least because the number of those who developed cancer did so at an age younger than the average. So it remains unclear whether or not the location did have any effect.