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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005 97(5):330-331; doi:10.1093/jnci/97.5.330
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© 2005 Oxford University Press

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Cancer Surpasses Heart Disease as Leading Cause of Death for All But the Very Elderly

Renee Twombly

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In 1971, when President Richard Nixon declared war on cancer, heart disease was the number-one killer of Americans. Now, a new American Cancer Society report reveals that since 1999, cancer has surpassed heart disease as the primary cause of death in people in this country younger than age 85.

The report, published in the January/February issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, shows that, although rates of death due to cancer and heart disease are both falling, those for heart disease are falling faster in people younger than age 85, who make up 98% of the population and whose deaths account for 72% . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Stat Bite: Death Rates From Heart Disease and Cancer in People Younger Than 85
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