Cancer death rates decreased 1.5% per year for children from 2001 to 2022. Among AYAs, cancer death rates fell by 2.9% per year from 2001 – 2005, 1% per year from 2005 – 2020, and then remained stable from 2020 – 2022.

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Cancer death rates decreased 1.5% per year for children from 2001 to 2022. Among AYAs, cancer death rates fell by 2.9% per year from 2001 – 2005, 1% per year from 2005 – 2020, and then remained stable from 2020 – 2022.