Skip to content

Learn how your business can efficiently manage diverse payment needs and get insight into transactions and balances with Crews Treasury Pro. Easy to-use tools put you in control.  

Get Started 863-222-7005

Chart of the Day: Declining Cancer Death Rates

Samuel A. Kiburz, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer May 21, 2024
Multi-colored line chart showing annual cancer death rates by country, from 1950 to today. Chart shows how cancer death rates have decrease from 150 to 100 per 100,000 people over this time period.

Contents

Today’s Chart of the Day from Our World in Data shows the death rate from cancer per 100,000 people going back to 1950.Good news! It peaked in 1990 at an average of 150 and has declined to only 100 today.

This is a significant drop, and as the article says, it is from “decreased smoking and technology advancements from chemotherapy, immunotherapy, surgery, vaccination against HPV and hepatitis, treatment for H. pylori, and advances in screening, diagnosis, and monitoring.”
Chart of the Day

About the Author

Samuel A. Kiburz, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer
Samuel A. Kiburz, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer

Samuel serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer for the Crews family of banks. He manages the individual investment holdings of his clients, including individuals, families, foundations, and institutions throughout the State of Florida. Samuel has been involved in banking since 1996 and has more than 20 years experience working in wealth management.

Investments are not a deposit or other obligation of, or guaranteed by, the bank, are not FDIC insured, not insured by any federal government agency, and are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal.

Previous
Chart of the Day: US Makes 26% of Everything
Next
Chart of the Day: Florida Top 7 out of 20

Subscribe to Our Blog

Sign up to receive email notifications of our blogs.