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>We've gone from an overall 50% five year survival rate to over 70% in just a couple of decades. Has there been a change in actual life expectancy, or does ear
by stonemetal12 3y ago
>We've gone from an overall 50% five year survival rate to over 70% in just a couple of decades.
Has there been a change in actual life expectancy, or does early detection mean that 5 year survival is equivalent to 5-(average years earlier detection) year survival decades ago?
- Retric 3y ago> Has there been a change in actual life expectancy, Yes! There’s been a 25% drop in cancer deaths even ignoring differences in demographics. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184566/deaths-by-cancer-in-the-us-since-1950/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/184566/deaths-by-cancer-... Back in 1950 it was 193.9 people died of cancer per 100k population, but it was a much younger population. By 1990 216 people died of cancer per 100,000 Americans due to an aging population and possibly lifestyle etc. But it has fallen literally every year since then despite an aging population. We are down to 146.2 cancer deaths per 100,000 people.