Cancer Death Rates

Among common cancers with declining death rates, lung cancer and melanoma are decreasing the most. Download Image for Social Media (ZIP, 267 KB) Share Image
National Trends in Cancer Death Rates Download Image for Social Media (ZIP, 274 KB) Share ImageExternal Web Site Policy
Cancer death rates decreased an average of 0.9% per year among AYAs, and an average of 1.5% per year among children between 2015 and 2019. Download Image for Social Media (ZIP, 287 KB) Share ImageExternal Web Site Policy

Rates of New Cancers

National Trends in Rates of New Cancer Cases Download Image for Social Media (ZIP, 263 KB) Share ImageExternal Web Site Policy

Early Assessment of the COVID-19 Pandemic's Impact on Cancer Diagnosis

For this year's Annual Report to the Nation, researchers studied the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of new cases for 6 cancer types: breast, lung, colorectal, prostate, pancreatic, and thyroid. Download Image for Social Media (ZIP, 111 KB) Share ImageExternal Web Site Policy

Decrease in Cancer Case Counts

April of 2020 had the lowest number of cancer diagnoses for all six cancer sites: breast, lung, colorectal, prostate, pancreatic, and thyroid. Download Image for Social Media (ZIP, 150 KB) Share ImageExternal Web Site Policy

Cancer Cases Diagnosed vs. Cancer Cases Expected in Early 2020

Observed/Expected Ratio of Female Breast cancer diagnoses by Month of Diagnosis, 2020. Between March and May of 2020, cancer registries recorded far fewer cases than expected. While the rate of new cancer diagnoses hovered around predicted levels in the second half of 2020, it did not make up for the drop seen between March and May. Download Image for Social Media (ZIP, 81 KB) Share ImageExternal Web Site Policy
Observed/Expected Ratio of Thyroid cancer diagnoses by Month of Diagnosis, 2020 Download Image for Social Media (ZIP, 85 KB) Share ImageExternal Web Site Policy
Observed/Expected Ratio of Pancreatic cancer diagnoses by Month of Diagnosis, 2020 Download Image for Social Media (ZIP, 78 KB) Share ImageExternal Web Site Policy
Observed/Expected Ratio of Lung cancer diagnoses by Month of Diagnosis, 2020 Download Image for Social Media (ZIP, 76 KB) Share ImageExternal Web Site Policy
Observed/Expected Ratio of Prostate cancer diagnoses by Month of Diagnosis, 2020 Download Image for Social Media (ZIP, 82 KB) Share ImageExternal Web Site Policy
Observed/Expected Ratio of Colorectal cancer diagnoses by Month of Diagnosis, 2020 Download Image for Social Media (ZIP, 82 KB) Share ImageExternal Web Site Policy

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