New data on Rates of New Cancers and Cancer Deaths in the US from the CDC, which are adjusted for age distribution, show systematic reductions in both over the last 23 years. We first show this in data maps for all the states in the US, and then in a table for the US and the four most populous states, California, Texas, Florida, and New York, which include about a third of the US population. The Rates are per 100,000.
Nationwide Rates of New Cancers in 1999
We note that the intervals for the four shaded groups is far from uniform, being roughly 150, 25, 17, and 60, from light to dark.
Nationwide New Cancers in 2021
Nationwide Rates of Cancer Deaths in 1999
We note that the range for the various shadings is roughly 55, 17, 18, and 50.
Nationwide Rates of Cancer Deaths in 2022
Table of Rates of US and Most Populous States’ New Cancers and Cancer Deaths from 1999 to 2021
| State | Data | 1999 | 2021 | 2022 | Ratio |
| US | New Cancers | 480.9 | 439.1 | 91.3% | |
| Cancer Deaths | 200.7 | 144.2 | 142.0 | 71.8% | |
| Ratio | 41.7% | 32.8% | 32.3% | ||
| California | New Cancers | 466.5 | 396.9 | 85.1% | |
| Cancer Deaths | 185.1 | 130.3 | 129.8 | 70.4% | |
| Ratio | 39.7% | 32.8% | |||
| Texas | New Cancers | 469.1 | 419.5 | 89.4% | |
| Cancer Deaths | 196.6 | 141.7 | 141.0 | 72.1% | |
| Ratio | 41.9% | 33.8% | |||
| Florida | New Cancers | 512.1 | 465.2 | 90.8% | |
| Cancer Deaths | 189.9 | 138.4 | 135.0 | 72.9% | |
| Ratio | 37.1% | 29.8% | |||
| New York | New Cancers | 495.0 | 470.6 | 95.1% | |
| Cancer Deaths | 196.4 | 124.1 | 122.1 | 63.2% | |
| Ratio | 39.7% | 26.4% |
So the US has reduced the rate at which people get cancers by 9% in the last 22 years. Among the four largest states, this ranges from a 15% reduction in California, to 5% reduction in New York, with Texas at 11% and Florida at 9%.
For the US, the percent who die of cancer has dropped from 42% to 33%, or by a ratio of 78.7%, or by 21.3%. The US ratio of dying after having a cancer in 2021 is 33%, running from 26% in New York to 34% in Texas, with Florida at 30% and California at 33%, among the four largest states.
