Cancer Death Rates Declining in the U.S.
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Death rates caused by cancer are on a steady decline in America. A new report suggests that people have a 20 percent lower risk of dying from cancer compared to two decades ago.
The American Cancer Society’s new estimates show that there will be 1.6 million new cancer cases and more than 500,000 deaths caused by cancer in the U.S. in 2014.
For men, lung,
prostate and colon cancers will account for approximately half of new diagnoses. For women, it is estimated to be breast, lung and colon cancers. The American Cancer Society also estimates that a quarter of all cancer deaths in the U.S. will be caused by lung cancer.
“The biggest reason for this 20 per cent decline we’re celebrating is prevention, it’s actually smoking cessation and people not smoking in the 1960s and ’70s,” said Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society.
He added that two thirds of all cancer cases can be linked back to a bad diet, lack of exercise, obesity and smoking.
Following smoking, the second highest reason for cancer death rates is simply that people are living longer and are diagnosed in their 70s and 80s.
(By Marissa Brassfield for CalorieLab
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