The death rate from cancer dropped by one-third in the last three decades, according to The American Cancer Society. They attributed the decline to changes in preventive measures and screening in the past decade. Cervical cancer rates dropped by 65% between 2012 and 2019 among women in their 20’s after a generation of women were vaccinated against human papillomavirus, or HPV, for the first time. The report, which was published in the journal CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, said that the decline in smoking rates, better early detection and innovative treatments have driven a drop in death rates since 1991.
