June 2nd, 2011
CDC: Death Rates for Heart Disease and Cancer Converge
Larry Husten, PHD
Preliminary data released by the CDC shows that the age-adjusted death rates for heart disease and cancer are converging dramatically. From 1999 through 2009, the death rates for heart disease and cancer declined by 30.8% and 11.9%, respectively. In 1999, the risk for death from heart disease was 31.9% higher than from cancer. By 2009, the difference had shrunk to only 3.6%. Here’s the CDC chart:
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NOT! Please file PFP under “No good deed goes unpunished”
John