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In fight against cancer, Minnesotans Making
Gains and Losing Ground
Gains and Losing Ground
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MINN. – April 12, 2011 – An estimated 9,200 people died
in Minnesota last year due to cancer. Smoking related cancers are continuing to
decrease, and women are benefitting from those changes according to the 2011
Minnesota Cancer Facts and Figures, produced by the American Cancer Society,
the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Cancer Alliance. Lack of
screenings, obesity, and cultural make-up are also factors that will continue to
affect thousands of Minnesotans over the next few years.
Quick Facts about where we are according to Minnesota Facts and Figures 2011:
• Smoking is down: Decrease from 22.2 percent to 16.8 percent (2001 to 2009)
• Lung cancer: For the first time, lung cancer mortality is no longer increasing
among women.
• Weight is up: Nearly 2 out of 3 Minnesotans are overweight and 1 in 4 are
obese (2009 data up from 44 percent and 10 percent in 2001)
• Screening could be better: Nearly 1 in 4 Minnesotans over 50 has NEVER
been screened for colon cancer.
• Burden is not equal: African Americans and American Indians have higher
cancer rates than non-Hispanic whites. (Nationally, African American men and
women had the highest death rates overall but also the largest declines in death
rates from 1998 through 2007. For new cancers, black men had the highest overall
incidence rates. White women had the highest incidence rates among women.
• National numbers generally mirror Minnesota stats: Trends in death rates
during the most recent 10- and 5-year periods (1998–2007 and 2003–2007)
decreased for seven of the top 15 cancer types in both men and women (colon
and rectum, brain [malignant], stomach, and kidney cancers, and non-Hodgkin
lymphoma, leukemia, and myeloma); for cancers of the lung, prostate, and oral
cavity in men; and for breast and bladder cancers in women. The decreases for
ovary, lung, and cervical cancers were limited to the most recent 5-year period.
The full report can be viewed at http://www.mncanceralliance.
org/cancer_facts_and_figures_2011.html
About the American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a
century of experience to save lives and end suffering from cancer. As a global
grassroots force of more than three million volunteers, we fight for every birthday
threatened by every cancer in every community. We save lives by helping people
stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early; helping people get well by
being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through
investment in groundbreaking discovery; and by fighting back by rallying
lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to
join the fight. As the nation’s largest non-governmental investor in cancer research,
contributing nearly $3.4 billion, we turn what we know about cancer into what we
do. As a result, more than 11 million people in America who have had cancer and
countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year. To
learn more about us or to get help, call us anytime, day or night, at 1-800-227-
2345 or visit www.cancer.org.
in Minnesota last year due to cancer. Smoking related cancers are continuing to
decrease, and women are benefitting from those changes according to the 2011
Minnesota Cancer Facts and Figures, produced by the American Cancer Society,
the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Cancer Alliance. Lack of
screenings, obesity, and cultural make-up are also factors that will continue to
affect thousands of Minnesotans over the next few years.
Quick Facts about where we are according to Minnesota Facts and Figures 2011:
• Smoking is down: Decrease from 22.2 percent to 16.8 percent (2001 to 2009)
• Lung cancer: For the first time, lung cancer mortality is no longer increasing
among women.
• Weight is up: Nearly 2 out of 3 Minnesotans are overweight and 1 in 4 are
obese (2009 data up from 44 percent and 10 percent in 2001)
• Screening could be better: Nearly 1 in 4 Minnesotans over 50 has NEVER
been screened for colon cancer.
• Burden is not equal: African Americans and American Indians have higher
cancer rates than non-Hispanic whites. (Nationally, African American men and
women had the highest death rates overall but also the largest declines in death
rates from 1998 through 2007. For new cancers, black men had the highest overall
incidence rates. White women had the highest incidence rates among women.
• National numbers generally mirror Minnesota stats: Trends in death rates
during the most recent 10- and 5-year periods (1998–2007 and 2003–2007)
decreased for seven of the top 15 cancer types in both men and women (colon
and rectum, brain [malignant], stomach, and kidney cancers, and non-Hodgkin
lymphoma, leukemia, and myeloma); for cancers of the lung, prostate, and oral
cavity in men; and for breast and bladder cancers in women. The decreases for
ovary, lung, and cervical cancers were limited to the most recent 5-year period.
The full report can be viewed at http://www.mncanceralliance.
org/cancer_facts_and_figures_2011.html
About the American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a
century of experience to save lives and end suffering from cancer. As a global
grassroots force of more than three million volunteers, we fight for every birthday
threatened by every cancer in every community. We save lives by helping people
stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early; helping people get well by
being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through
investment in groundbreaking discovery; and by fighting back by rallying
lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to
join the fight. As the nation’s largest non-governmental investor in cancer research,
contributing nearly $3.4 billion, we turn what we know about cancer into what we
do. As a result, more than 11 million people in America who have had cancer and
countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year. To
learn more about us or to get help, call us anytime, day or night, at 1-800-227-
2345 or visit www.cancer.org.
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