The NIH National Cancer Institute has released its annual "Cancer Trends Progress Report."
The report includes data measures and trends related to cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, life after diagnosis and end of life. For the report, mortality rate was defined as the number of cancer deaths per 100,000 people per year.
Here are three things to know about cancer mortality in the U.S.:
- The overall mortality rate was 142.3 per 100,000. The rate was higher for men (167.2) and lower for women (124.2).
- The non-Hispanic Black population had the highest mortality rate (162.7), followed by non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Natives (154.3) and non-Hispanic White (148.4). The lowest mortality rates were reported among the Hispanic population (104.3) and non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islanders (91.4).
- The mortality rate among the top four cancer sites between 1975 and 2022 were as follows 18.8 for female breast cancer, 18.6 for prostate, 30 for lung and bronchus, and 12.7 for colon and rectum.
Read the report's findings on cancer incidence here and survival rate here.