A new government report found the overall cancer death rate is falling, and the incidence of cancer deaths is declining in men and has leveled off in women. NBC?s Robert Bazell reports.
>>> as we mentioned, new numbers on cancer deaths tonight are showing something of a gender gap . the numbers are getting better for men but not as much for women. our chief science correspondent robert bazell has more for us.
>> in its annual report to the nation on cancer, the government finds that the overall death rate is falling, but not as much for women as for men. and the snenls of cancer continues to decline for men, but for women it's leveled off. no one knows all of the reasons for the trends, but in a industry report, the government emphasized that obesity and lack of exercise are increasingly recognized as major risk factors for many kinds of cancer. fully half of all cancer deaths in the u.s. could be prevented. the biggest preventable cause, not surprisingly, remains tobacco, possible for one third of cancer deaths. 189,000 a year. but obesity now accounts for one fifth or 114,000 deaths annually. many experts worry that the obesity epidemic threatens to wipe out many of the gains.
>>> much more on this study on bob's blog tonight on our website, nbcnightynews.com.
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