Key result
Mortality trends from 1969 to 2020 projected a 21.3% and 13.4% decrease in heart disease deaths for men and women, respectively, alongside a 91.1% and 101.1% increase in cancer deaths.
Population
United States population (mortality data from 1969 through 2020)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1969 to 2020
Authors
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Trends suggest cancer may overtake heart disease as top killer; hypothesis-generating and should not yet shift prevention priorities.
Observational
Due to steeper declines in heart disease mortality risk compared to cancer, cancer is projected to surpass heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States by 2020.
Weir et al. (2016) conducted an observational in Heart disease and cancer. Mortality trends from 1969 to 2020 projected a 21.3% and 13.4% decrease in heart disease deaths for men and women, respectively, alongside a 91.1% and 101.1% increase in cancer deaths.
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