Cancer Mortality Rates Experience Steady Decline: Conventional Method May Underreport Declining Death Rate For All Age Groups

Researchers are examining whether use of composite age-adjusted rates to measure cancer mortality may not accurately reflect improved survival rates in younger cancer patients. Because most people who get cancer are older, adjusting mortality rates to reflect older aged individuals may skew results.

"As an alternative to age-adjustment, Kort examined cancer mortality rates stratified by age and found that for individuals born since 1925, every age group has experienced a decline in cancer mortality. The youngest age groups have experienced the steepest decline at 25.9 percent per decade, but even the oldest groups have experienced a 6.8 percent per decade decline."

Cancer Mortality Rates Experience Steady Decline: Conventional Method May Underreport Declining Death Rate For All Age Groups

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