The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer (ARN) is an update of rates for new cases and deaths as well as trends for the most common cancers in the United States. ARN provides rates and trends for the most common cancers among adults, children (aged 0-14), and adolescents and young adults or AYAs (aged 15-39).

The report includes long-term trends (since 2001) and short-term trends with the most recent five years of data (2017-2021 for incidence and 2018-2022 for mortality).

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Cancer death rates decreased by 1.7% per year for men and 1.3% per year for women from 2018 to 2022.

Key Points

  • The Annual Report to the Nation provides recent trends in rates of new cancer cases (incidence) and death rates (mortality) in the United States.
  • Overall, from 2018 to 2022, cancer death rates decreased an average of 1.7% per year for men and an average of 1.3% per year for women.
  • Cancer death rates decreased an average of 1.5% per year from 2001–2022 among children (ages 0-14 years).
  • Among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) ages 15-39, death rates fell by 2.9% per year from 2001–2005, 1% per year from 2005–2020, and then remained stable from 2020–2022.
  • Overall cancer mortality declined for over 20 years, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The rate of new cancer cases is higher among men than women. However, the rate has increased for women by 0.3% per year from 2003 through 2021. Rates of new cancer cases among men decreased by 1.6% – 2.2% per year from 2001 through 2013 before stabilizing through 2021.
  • Rates of new cases and deaths for tobacco-related cancers have been decreasing, but rates for cancers associated with excess body weight have been increasing.

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