Article: Cancer Incidence and Death Rates

Article: U.S. cancer death rate takes turn for better
Daily Breeze;  February 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... the National Center for Health Statistics. "Even though it's a ... of about 1 percent in the cancer death rate -- the calculated ... cancer deaths. The breast cancer death rate has been dropping about ... treatment. The colon and rectum cancer death rate, shrinking by 2 ...

Article: Cancer Death Rate Declined for First Time Ever in ...
U.S. Newswire;  November 14, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... announced today that the cancer death rate in the United ... National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for ... recent drop in the cancer death rate marks a turning ... gratified." The overall cancer death rate is a composite ...

Article: Cancer death rates drop across the U.S. Progress in ...
The Washington Times;  June 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Dr. Jemal said that the American cancer death rate peaked in 1991, and that from ... Central Cancer Registries. "Overall, cancer death rates are declining," Dr. Jemal said ... combined and the most common types of cancer." Death rates have fallen in 11 of the top 15 ...

Article: Annual Report Shows Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer ...
PR Newswire;  May 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the National ... first sustained decline in cancer death rates. This trend was a ... still the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. During ... second leading cause of cancer death, followed by breast and ...

Article: U.S. cancer death rates decline
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  July 1, 2002 ;     628 words ... ... the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Center ... first sustained decline in cancer death rates. "The continuing ... remains the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, accounting ... second leading cause of cancer death, followed by breast ...

Article: Report shows overall decline in U.S. cancer death ...
Washington Informer;  June 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... overall decline in U.S. cancer death rates The rates for new ... the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS); the American ... is the continuing fall in cancer death rates by 1.6 percent per ... deaths due to cancer. Breast cancer death rates have continued to ...

Article: Lung cancer death rate leaps for state women Their ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 18, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... increase in the women's lung cancer death rate nationwide during that ... people ages 45 to 54, the lung cancer death rate declined 33% in men but ... from the state's Center for Health Statistics. Of that number, 1,527 were ...