Siegel 2024: Cancer statistics, 2024, the American Cancer Society's annual US report
The American Cancer Society's yearly count projected that the United States would pass two million new cancer diagnoses in 2024 for the first time, while the cancer death rate kept falling and colorectal cancer rose to become the leading cause of cancer death in men under 50.
Overview
Each January the American Cancer Society projects the number of new cancer cases and deaths in the United States and reviews trends in incidence, mortality and survival from national registries. The 2024 report projected 2,001,140 new cancer cases and 611,720 cancer deaths. It reported that the cancer mortality rate had fallen by a third since 1991, averting more than four million deaths, but that incidence was rising for six of the ten most common cancers and shifting towards younger adults, with colorectal cancer now the leading cause of cancer death in men under 50 and the second in women under 50.
- Projected 2,001,140 new cancer cases and 611,720 cancer deaths in the United States in 2024, the first year above two million cases.
- Cancer mortality down by about a third since 1991, an estimated 4.1 million deaths averted.
- Incidence rising for six of the ten most common cancers, including breast, prostate, endometrial, pancreatic, kidney and melanoma.
- Colorectal cancer the leading cause of cancer death in men under 50 and the second in women under 50.
This series is the standard reference for US cancer numbers and the source of most headlines about cancer in younger adults. The gap between falling mortality and rising incidence is the argument for both continued treatment advances and stronger prevention and screening.
- Projections, not counts; actual registrations arrive years later.
- US-specific patterns do not transfer directly to other countries.
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