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U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue Decline, but Rising Diagnoses in Women Persist

The latest report highlights ongoing mortality improvements yet underscores challenges from obesity-linked cancers and racial disparities.

FILE - A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles, May 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Cancer death rates are falling but diagnoses among women have been increasing.
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Overview

  • Cancer death rates in the U.S. declined steadily from 2001 to 2022, with annual decreases of 1.7% for men and 1.3% for women between 2018 and 2022.
  • While cancer incidence rates stabilized for men after 2013, diagnoses among women rose by 0.3% annually from 2003 to 2021, driven by obesity-related cancers.
  • COVID-19 disruptions in 2020 caused temporary declines in diagnoses and increases in late-stage cancers, but rates returned to prepandemic levels by 2021.
  • Smoking-related cancers continue to decrease due to reduced tobacco use, while obesity-linked cancers, such as breast, pancreas, and uterine cancers, are on the rise.
  • Significant racial disparities persist, with Black women experiencing a 40% higher breast cancer mortality rate and double the uterine cancer death rate compared to White women.