This is from a CDC releases report this month.mortality rate down 24% Between 2001 and 2021. Specifically, the cancer mortality rate among adolescents aged 0-19 years old was 2.75 per 100,000 people in 2001, and has dropped to 2.10 per 100,000 people in 2021.
The analysis used data including (i) causes of death data from the National Center for Health Statistics 1999-2020, and (ii) population information from the U.S. Census. Here are some key data and a more detailed summary.
Between 2001 and 2021, youth cancer mortality rates continued to decline, building on the progress made over the past 30 years (1-4). Overall cancer death rates fell by a quarter between 2001 and 2021, with a higher percentage decline among women (30%) than among men (19%). Cancer death rates declined across all 5-year age groups from 2001 to 2011, but only the younger age groups (0-4 and 5-9 years) experienced significant declines from 2011 to 2021. 2001 and 2011. However, rates continued to decline among white youth from 2011 to 2021, while rates remained stable among black and Hispanic youth. As a result, in 2021, the proportion of white youth was significantly lower than that of black and Hispanic youth. Leukemia was the most common type of cancer killing teenagers in 2001, but it fell 47 percent during that period. Brain cancer will remain the leading cancer type killing teenagers in 2021, despite an 11% decline in the second half of the year. Bone and joint cancer death rates increased from 2011 to 2021.
Unfortunately, the report does not explore the reasons for this decline.
