Thursday, February 2, 2017

19.5 Million Cancer Deaths Were Recorded Between 1980 and 2014


The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published a study on cancer mortality rates across the country. Here are some key findings from the report:

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Cancer mortality decreased by 20.1% between 1980 and 2014.
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There were 192 deaths per 100,000 population due to cancer in 2014.
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19,511,910 cancer deaths were recorded in the U.S. between 1980 and 2014.
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2,484,476 of these deaths were due to colon and rectum cancer.
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Tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer caused 5,656,423 deaths from 1980-2014.
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1,573,593 died from breast cancer and 1,077,030 died from prostate cancer.

 
Source: JAMA, January 2017

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