Investigators examined age-standardized cancer mortality rates by “urbanicity” of county of residence to determine whether trends in mortality shifted from 1969 to 2023.

Rural-urban mortality gap widened in years subsequent to the crossover; similar pattern seen for lung, colorectal, and breast cancer mortality.

Rural areas had the highest cancer death rates in 2021 to 2023, while large cities had the lowest rates, researchers reported ...

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From 1991 to 2015, the cancer death rate dropped about 1.5 percent a year, resulting in a total decrease of 26 percent — about 2.4 million fewer deaths than would have occurred had the rate remained ...

Cancer statistics have reached new heights — in good and not-so-good ways. The American Cancer Society (ACS) released its annual report on cancer trends this week, showing for the first time that more ...

People who have received a cancer diagnosis are living longer than ever, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS). Decades of cancer research have led to more effective ...

New statistics from Compare the Market show the leading causes of death in New York per 100,000 residents.