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A4 THE PATRIOT-NEWS TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2002 Cancer rates will double, MILWAUKEE . The number of report says Americans diagnosed with cancer each year will double CHIONE patients are As and over is cas road Sentinel pected to Increase fourfold in this same time period." within 50 years because more . The number of There's a critical ared to can diagnosed with expand efforts to deal with people are living long enough cer each year will double cancer In this growing ciderly (thin 10 years because more population, said Richard to develop the disease, a new people are living loog coough Hodri, director of the Nation- to develop the ditrust, a new al Institute on Aging, federal report predicts. The cancer death rate for federal report predicts. The good news is that death blacks from 1992 5 1926 was rates from cancer continue to ]1 percent higher than for The good news is that death fall - about 1 percent whites If the 2000 population throughout the late 1990s, is used to figure theme, but icording to the annual "re- percent higher if 1970 mum rates from cancer continue to port to the nation released bers are used, and 36 percent today by a host of federal greater if 19 10 is used. fall - about 1 percent health agencies and the Amer- The change in small In can Cancer Society. terms of shortening dispari- The report for the first time ty." but glens a more accurate throughout the late 1990s, Adjusts cancer statistics to the picture of the cancer burden 1000 census. Previous reports today, Schellenbach said. according to the annual "re- mied 1970 and cure some 1940 Other report Meblights census information, and the . Nearly 9 million cancer sur port to the nation" released population has changed dra vivors were alive as of 1992; matically in hut time. 60 percent were at least 65 Because the risk of cancer year old, and 12 percent were today by a host of federal rises with are and the over of at least 75. population has ballooned, the o Cancer risk rises with age. health agencies and the Amer- cumber burden also is rising The median age of which pro- and will strain Medicare, IT ple develop cancer is 70 for porta sold. lung cancer, 72 for colorectal ican Cancer Society. "We anticipate a doubling cancer. 63 for breast cancer from 13 million people In and 60 for prosteer cancer. 7000 to 26 million people la Age doesn't affect relative 7010 diagnosed with cancer." cancer survival rates, but the uid Holly Hown, director of type of cancer and its crient, the North American Assock- of the stage at which it's then of Central Cancer Regis- found play big roles. trick "The number of cancer

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9.     The first sentence of the second paragraph. "... death rates from cancer continue to fall...", but the headline states that cancer rates will double! If the number or proportion diagnosed is truly increasing and the death rate decreasing, what will happen to the prevalence? Provide a statement to support your answer.