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title: ""From 2016 to 2017—the most recent period for which we have complete…"
date: 2020-01-09
source: facebook
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# "From 2016 to 2017—the most recent period for which we have complete…

*January 9, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://reason.com/2020/01/09/the-largest-single-year-drop-in-u-s-cancer-death-rate-ever-recorded/](https://reason.com/2020/01/09/the-largest-single-year-drop-in-u-s-cancer-death-rate-ever-recorded/){target="_blank"}
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\"From 2016 to 2017---the most recent period for which we have complete statistics---America\'s death rate for cancer saw \"the largest single-year drop ever recorded.\" So says the American Cancer Society\'s Cancer Facts & Figures 2020 report, which notes that the 2.2 percent drop that year was part of a larger 29 percent decline since 1991. Back then, there were 215 cancer deaths for every 100,000 people; by 2017, the figure had fallen to 152 per 100,000.\"
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