No. 1 cause of death: Cancer is catching up to heart disease : cnn

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No. 1 cause of death: Cancer is catching up to heart disease

No. 1 cause of death: Cancer is catching up to heart disease

Story highlights In 22 states, more people died from cancer than from heart disease during 2014Cancer is the leading cause of death for Asians, Pacific Islanders and HispanicsHeart disease kills more whites and blacks(CNN) More Americans die from heart disease, but cancer is rapidly gaining ground as the No.In 22 states, more people died from cancer during 2014 than from heart disease, new data from the National Vital Statistics System indicated.This is a substantial uptick from 2002, when only two states (Alaska and Minnesota) recorded more cancer deaths than heart disease deaths.This might be due to obesity, which is a risk factor for both heart disease and cancer, explained Dr. Paolo Boffetta, a professor of environmental medicine and public health at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who was not involved in the study.


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Cancer now beats heart disease as top cause of death in 22 U.S. states

Cancer now beats heart disease as top cause of death in 22 U.S. states

Cancer now beats heart disease as top cause of death in 22 U.S. statesA new report out today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cancer is now the leading cause of death in California and 21 other states, surpassing heart disease.Back in the early 2000s, only Alaska and Minnesota lost more lives to cancer than heart disease.And back in the 1950s, heart disease deaths were overall 2.5 times the number of cancer deaths.report this adFrom the Los Angeles Times:Nationwide, heart disease still edges out cancer as the top killer of Americans.


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Leading causes of death in the US: Cancer and heart disease

Leading causes of death in the US: Cancer and heart disease

Cancer is overtaking heart disease as the leading cause of death in 22 states as of 2014.According to a report released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, deaths due to heart disease have been declining since they peaked in 1985, while deaths due to cancer have been on the rise, as seen in this chart:Worldwide, heart disease has long been the leading cause of death.But in the United States, the number of deaths for both heart disease and cancer have been on the rise since the 1950s, which the NCHS attributes in large part to the fact that people are living longer.But heart disease deaths in the US began to fall in the 1990s, and researchers think cancer first became a leading cause of death sometime in the early 2010s.