The cancer rate grows as the death rate drops
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One in every five deaths in the US is due to cancer, and one in every three Americans is expected to have cancer in their lifetime. However, as cases grow along with the population, a smaller proportion of people are getting and dying from cancer. Here's what data says about fighting cancer in the United States.
- The country had approximately 1.3 million new cancer cases reported in 1999. Twenty years later, cases had grown nearly 35% to 1.75 million. Yet over the same time, the age-adjusted rate of new cancer cases per 100,000 people fell from 481.2 to 438.6, roughly a 9% drop.
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- Kentucky had the nation's highest age-adjusted rate of new cancers in 2019, at 504.9 per 100,000 people, followed by Iowa at 494.1 and Louisiana at 490. The Southwest had some of the nation's lowest rates: Arizona had the lowest (358.7), followed by New Mexico (366.5). Age-adjusted death rates allow for fairer comparisons among groups with different age distributions. These can be especially important between states with higher percentages of young people or older adults.
- Cancer treatment and prevention strategies are working: the five-year relative survival rate for people with cancer rose from 50% in 1975 to 70.3% in 2014.
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- While more people die of cancer as the population grows, the rate is still dropping. Age-adjusted cancer deaths grew by roughly 50,000 between 1999 and 2019, but the annual mortality rate fell from 200.7 per 100,000 people to 146.
For more, including the survival rate of several types of cancers and many more charts, read this new article.
Where have rents risen since the start of the pandemic?
Rents jumped as pandemic-induced remote work caused some Americans to reconsider their living situations. And while the median national monthly rent was $28 more in 2021 than in 2019, rents didn't go up everywhere. Follow the data county by county for a detailed look at how rents rose (or didn't) where you live.
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- Many counties with small populations had some of the largest rent swings from 2020 to 2023. For example, Divide County, North Dakota, with approximately 2,190 people, had the nation's most significant rent increase: 57.1%. In Brown County, Illinois, population 6,421, rents dropped by 34.3%.
- Metropolitan areas weren't immune to big changes. Counties in North Carolina's Asheville metro area had rent increases of 36% from 2020 to 2023. Rents rose by as much as 32% around the Phoenix metro area. Meanwhile, rent dropped in three counties around San Francisco (Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties) by 15%.
- Arizona was one of the only states where fair market rent rose in every county. Increases ranged from 1% in Graham County to 32% in Maricopa and Pinal Counties.
Did rents change in your county? Find out here. Then, explore how the average home prices rose in the first year of the pandemic.
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One last fact
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In 2021, 35% of Americans had at least a bachelor's degree, compared with 26% of the population without a high school diploma or GED degree.
For comparison, 28% of Americans had not graduated high school or received a GED degree in 2011 — the same percentage had received a bachelor's degree or higher.
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