Cancer mortality among children and adolescents in the United States shows a continuing decline, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics that examined pediatric cancer deaths from 1999 to 2014. The statistics extend trends that began in the mid-1970s.
Key findings for the period include the following:
- The cancer death rate among children and adolescents aged 1 to 19 years fell 20% from 2.85 to 2.28 per 100,000