Washington - The American Cancer Society said that death rate in the U.S due to cancer is maintained a constant decline, which started in the early 90s. However, it may still cause an estimated 565,650 American deaths in this year.

Age-adjusted cancer death rates for U.S. males in a graphic released by the American Cancer Society. The U.S. death rate from cancer has continued a steady decline that began in the early 1990s but it will still kill a projected 565,650 Americans this year, the organization said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Handout

“The death rate due to lung, prostate, breast, colorectal and various other types of cancer dropped in 2005, which is the most recent year for which data were available. However the data was less compared to 2003 and 2004,” the American Cancer Society said. In 2005, there was about 184 cancer deaths per 100,000 people where as it was 186 the year before.

But there was increase in the actual number of deaths due to cancer. ACS said that about 559,312 people died due to cancer in 2005, compared to 553,888 in the year 2004. The numbers of deaths have increased in spite of fall in death rate as the population of the United States increased more.

Elizabeth Ward, co-author of the ACS report said “The decline rate was not great enough to triumph over the population increase,” said

In case of men the death rate due to cancer fell by around 18.4 %. The death rate for men peaked in 1990. In case of women the death rate fell by 10.5 % and it peaked in 1991. Cancer is second largest cause for death in the U.S, only after the deadly heart disease.

According to Ahmedin Jemal, American Cancer Society researcher, improved treatment and decline in smoking rate contributed to the fall. “The declines are due to better screening and treatment methods and also due to welcome progress towards prevention like reduced smoking rates”, he said.

The American Cancer Society estimated that there will be about 1,437,180 new cancer cases in 2008 in the U.S of which around 745,180 will be men and about 692,000 will be women. It is also estimated that there will be around 565,650 cancer deaths in 2008 of which 294,120 will be men and 271,530 will women.

The group said that the death rate due to colorectal cancer dropped by 3 % in 2005 when compared to 2004, after dropping by 6 % in 2004 from 2003. Fall in death rate due to prostate and lung cancer in men and breast cancer in women was also small in 2005 when compared to the previous 2 years.

ACS also said that the cases of Lung cancer are falling in men and it is looking to level off in women after increasing for years, the group said.

Relevant Links:

• Cancer Facts and Figures 2008
• Cancer Statistics 2008
• Cancer statistics, 2007
• American Cancer Society

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