U.S. Cancer Death Rate Drops by 30% Since 1991

The rate of people dying from cancer in the U.S. has continuously declined over the past three decades, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. The U.S. cancer death rate has fallen 33% since 1991, which corresponds to an estimated 3.8 million deaths averted, according to the report, A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. The rate of lives lost to cancer continued to shrink in the most recent year for which data is available, between 2019 and 2020, by 1.5%. The report attributes this steady progress to improvements in cancer treatment, drops in smoking and increases in early detection. Read more from CNN here.