reduced smoking<\/a> and advances in\u00a0prevention, early detection and treatment.<\/p>\nOverall, the cancer death rate has dropped from 215.1 per 100,000 population in 1991 to 158.6 per 100,000 in 2015.<\/p>\n
Otis W. Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, said in a statement that the report underscores the importance of continued efforts to discourage tobacco use. While the reduction in cigarette smoking has pushed down mortality rates, \u201ctobacco remains by far the leading cause of cancer deaths today, responsible for nearly 3 in 10 cancer deaths.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That number is a huge drop — 215.1 per 100,000 to 158.6 per 100,000. Roughly a 36 percent drop. Why? SMOKING has dropped.<\/p>\n
The smoking rate in 1991 … about 25 percent. The smoking rate in 2015 … about 17 percent.<\/p>\n
The news isn’t all good. Lung cancer remains by far the No. 1 cancer killer.\u00a0 For men in 2015, 83,000 of all cancer deaths were from lung cancer, out of 323,000 cancer deaths (about 26 percent).<\/p>\n
Among women, 70,500 of all cancer deaths were from lung caner, out of 286,000 cancer deaths (about 24.5 percent).<\/p>\n
The next highest cancers? For men, it’s prostate cancer at 29,000 and for women it’s breast cancer at 41,000. So lung cancer for men and women combined kill considerably more than twice as many people as prostate cancer and breast cancer combined.<\/p>\n
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