Fukushima fallout, then, would be adding less than 0.1% to the total cancer mortality.
But between 2001 and 2011 the overall cancer mortality rate fell 15% for men and 7% for women.
The figures for processed meat were higher, 20% for overall mortality, 21% for death from heart problems and 16% for cancer mortality.
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While overall there is a significant decline in cancer mortality, the obesity epidemic is continuing to push the cancer mortality rate upward.
Mammography has helped reduce breast cancer mortality in the United States by nearly one-third since 1990, according to the American College of Radiology.
Although cancer mortality rates for young people are falling, the incidence of all types of teenage and young adult cancers combined has been rising since the 1990s.
The findings, detailed in a report released Thursday titled "Breast Cancer Mortality Report: Closing the Gaps in Eight Communities" suggests that these communities have certain common barriers to screening and treatment.
Prostate cancer mortality is 604% higher in Britain.
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In 2007 breast cancer was the third leading source of cancer mortality in the US, but it was by far the largest recipient of government cancer research dollars, nearly double that spent on any other type of cancer.
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Compared to the U.S., breast cancer mortality is 9% higher in Canada (according to the government statistics of each country), 52% higher in Germany and 88% higher in the United Kingdom (according to studies published in Lancet Oncology).
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They said that during the study period, adding an extra portion of unprocessed red meat to someone's daily diet would increase the risk of death by 13%, of fatal cardiovascular disease by 18% and of cancer mortality by 10%.
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The researchers say there are many reasons why people with diabetes might have a higher cancer-mortality risk.
For example, a study in the journal Radiology in March found that for young men with testicular cancer, the mortality risk from their cancer was three times higher than from radiation-induced cancer.
Any improvement in these areas, says Cooper, improves many other health issues, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and infant mortality.
According to research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, there would be 14, 000 fewer deaths from cancer in those aged over 75 per year if if mortality rates from cancer matched those in America.
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"It's a big deal if we can take a cancer and knock its mortality rate down by 5 percent or 10 percent, " says Dr. Brancati.
Although breast self-awareness is critically important, it does not negate the impact that mammography has on reducing mortality from breast cancer.
The CDC database is the primary repository for the government's information on everything from infant mortality rates and cancer deaths to accidental poisonings and heart disease.
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesman Jim Hume said it was encouraging to see that mortality rates for cancer had fallen, but he added that the statistics demonstrated the need for the government and individuals to more to combat cancer.
BBC: Scottish cancer cases increase as survival rates improve
Since 2004, the National Cancer Institute has been conducting trials to see if CT scans (and standard chest X-rays) can reduce mortality in smokers by detecting lung cancer early.
Liverpool Primary Care Trust has the highest mortality rate for lung cancer in the country, a new report claims.
But explaining my reasoning to Sara meant confronting the mortality of her lung cancer, something that I felt ill prepared to do.
But now a group of Canadian and Tanzanian health innovators have joined forces to apply simple and safe mobile technologies to improve cervical cancer screening and thus potentially reduce mortality rates in the East African country.
One large study of statins in people aged 70-82 years old found that illness and deaths from heart disease fell in those treated with pravastatin but overall there was no difference in mortality as rates of cancer illness and death increased.
But better than the standard form of pancreatic cancer, which has a 98% mortality rate over five years.
Part of the reason for the high mortality rate is that lung cancer is notoriously difficult to identify early.
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Diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and infant mortality are major health issues among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
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Second, it should be noted that breast cancer incidence rates are not increasing, and mortality rates have been decreasing in all age groups over the last two decades as result of improved treatment.
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And mortality for women in Scotland from lung cancer has been either the highest or second highest in Western Europe for the past 50 years.
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Mortality seemed to be higher for many types of cancer, but it was only statistically significant for three types: breast, endometrial, and colorectal.
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