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Americans' Risk of Dying from Cancer Continues to Drop
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LEADING CANCER ORGANIZATIONS FIND THAT AMERICANS' RISK OF DYING FROM CANCER CONTINUES TO DROP--MAINTAINING A TREND THAT BEGAN IN THE EARLY '90S. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST "ANNUAL REPORT TO THE NATION ON THE STATUS OF CANCER", DEATH RATES DECREASED FOR 11 OF THE 15 MOST-COMMON CANCERS IN MEN--AND FOR 10 OF THE 15 MOST-COMMON CANCERS IN WOMEN. THE GREATER DECLINE IN CANCER DEATH RATES AMONG MEN IS DUE IN LARGE PART TO THEIR SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN TOBACCO USE. EFFORTS TO REDUCE TOBACCO USE IN WOMEN NEED TO BE ENHANCED--SO THAT, HOPEFULLY, THEIR RATE OF DECLINE IN CANCER DEATH RATES WILL BECOME COMPARABLE TO THAT OF MEN. THIS YEAR'S REPORT ALSO INCLUDES A SPECIAL SECTION ON CANCER AMONG U-S LATINO AND HISPANIC POPULATIONS; THE INFORMATION IN THE REPORT ABOUT LOWER LATINO CANCER RATES IS VERY ENCOURAGING--BUT ALSO POINTS TO THE URGENT NEED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT WAYS BOTH TO REDUCE THEIR CANCER RISK, AND TO KEEP RATES SUCH AS THESE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT "CANCER"-DOT-GOV.
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