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Cancer death rates declining, new report says, but diagnosis rates are on the rise for women
- The rate of women up-to-date on cervical cancer screenings dropped from 74.8% in 2019 to 73.4% in 2021, leaving more women at risk of late detection of disease.
- Incidence rates for several cancers, including uterine, breast, and liver cancers among women, are rising, as reported by the American Cancer Society.
- Middle-Aged women now have a slightly higher cancer risk than men, and young women are nearly twice as likely to be diagnosed with cancer as young men, according to the report.
- Black women have a 40% higher rate of death from breast cancer than White women, with their uterine cancer death rate being double that of White women.
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