The National Cancer Institute Annual Report to the Nation found cancer death rates continue to drop
On May 30, 2019, a report from the nation’s leading cancer organizations found that Americans’ risk of dying from cancer continued to drop, maintaining a trend that began in the early 1990s. Overall cancer incidence rates (per 100 000) for all ages during 2011ヨ2015 were 494.3 among male patients and 420.5 among female patients; during the same time period, incidence rates decreased 2.1% per year in men and were stable in females. Overall cancer death rates (per 100 000) for all ages during 2012ヨ2016 were 193.1 among male patients and 137.7 among female patients.
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Source: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
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