US cancer death rates down but younger Americans see rise in certain cancers

Cervical and colorectal cancer rates have increased for Americans younger than 55, and people of color have higher death rates than whites

Fewer Americans are dying of cancer, part of a decades-long trend that began in the 1990s as more people quit smoking and doctors screened earlier for certain cancers.

However, the American Cancer Society warned that those gains are threatened by an increase in cancers among people younger than 55, in particular cervical and colorectal cancer, and by the continued disparities between white Americans and people of color.