Annual Cancer Report to the Nation: Overall Cancer Mortality Decline Continues

The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer released on May 30, finds that for all cancer sites combined the overall cancer death rate continued to decrease in U.S. men, women, and children from 1999 to 2016. In men, the overall cancer incidence rates decreased from 2008 to 2015, after increasing from 1999 to 2008. Cancer incidence rates were stable in women from 1999 to 2015.

This year's report includes a special section on cancer rates and trends in adults ages 20 to 49.  Among adults 20-49 years, researchers report that incidence and death rates were lower among men than women. The most common cancers in this age group were:

• Breast, thyroid, and melanoma of the skin for women, with breast cancer far exceeding any of the other cancers; and
• Colorectal, testicular, and melanoma of the skin for men.

The report is jointly issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR), the American Cancer Society (ACS), and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Access highlights and the full report on the CDC website here.

Read NCI press release here.

Posted 5/30/2019