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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (5849)	2/9/2006 12:33:01 PM
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Bush's Fault! Cancer deaths fall in US for first time (Reuters ^ \| Feb 9, 2006 \| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer Americans died of cancer in 2003 than in previous years, the first such decline ever recorded, although the number of cancer deaths among women increased, the American Cancer Society said on Thursday. Due largely to a decline in smoking among men, it is the first decrease in numbers since 1930, when nationwide data was first compiled. The society predicts that 2006 will see a slight decline compared to 2005, projecting that 1.4 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in 2006, and 565,000 will die of it. "The death rate from all cancers combined has decreased in the United States since 1991, but not until 2003 was the decrease large enough to outpace the growth and aging of the population and reduce the actual number of cancer deaths," the society said. "While it is unclear whether the decline in the total number of cancer deaths will continue, it marks a notable milestone in the battle against cancer." The nonprofit American Cancer Society is the traditional U.S. source on cancer data, and based its newest numbers on a decline in the actual number of cancer deaths reported by the National Center for Health Statistics. The NCHS, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reported 557,271 actual cancer deaths in 2002 and 556,902 deaths in 2003. "For years, we've proudly pointed to dropping cancer death rates even as a growing and aging population meant more actual deaths," said John Seffrin, the American Cancer Society's chief executive officer. "Now, for the first time, the advances we've made in prevention, early detection, and treatment are outpacing even the population factors that in some ways obscured that success."