The annual statistics report of the American Cancer Society indicates that American people die less frequently from cancer than that of 20 years back.
The Journal of American Cancer Society CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians published Cancer Stats, 2014, which is the most recent data available on cancer death. It shows that cancer death rate in the year 2010 is 20% lower than in 1991 when death rate was at its peak. This most dependable and most cited cancer stats estimated new cases of cancer and total deaths from cancer this year.
Some more shocking stats
About 1,665,540 new cases of cancer were detected in 2014 and 585,720 people were expected to die from this disease in the US. From 2006 onwards, a decline in cancer deaths has been noticed at a rate of 1.8% per year in men and 1.4% per year in women. The overall cancer death among male and female population kept falling in the past 20 years, the peak being 215.1 per 100,000 cases in 1991 and 171.8 per 100,000 cases in 2010. This 20% reduction in death rate spared 1,340,400 lives during the time frame.
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Black people showing different statistics
Ethnicity and race have some influence on the incidence of cancer patients and cancer death rates. A massive fall (50%) in cancer death rates has been noticed among black men aging between 40 and 49 years in the last two decades. However, cancer incidence and death rates are still highest in black people. Among all ethnic groups in the US, Asian Americans are most fortunate to have lowest cancer death rates.
The chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society, John R Seffrin, Ph.D. stated that:
“This is a huge progress to appreciate, but we should work together to make the statistics better.”
He also argued that although black men are blessed with halved risk of cancer death in only 20 years, it is still a matter of concern that death rates in black men are higher than the whites. We cannot sit back only on the aforesaid reduction in death rates.
The report emphasizes on using current knowledge about cancer treatment with special attention to people belonging lower socioeconomic group.
The most common cancer type to cause death
Lung, colon, prostate and breast cancers are some of the common causes of cancer deaths. These are responsible for about one-half of total cancer deaths. However, lung cancer alone accounts for about one-fourth of overall cancer deaths.
Male people suffer from lung, prostate, and colon cancers while breast, lung and colon cancers are most commonly occurring cancers among females. Cancer stats 2014 indicate that these cancers account for almost half of all newly detected cancer cases in each gender group.
The incidence of lung and colon cancer is gradually falling due to increased awareness, screening facilities like colonoscopy, and avoidance of smoking.
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