When it Comes to Dying of #Cancer, Education Matters. - Health Blog - WSJ
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Incidence and death rates are on the decline, though this year, the report estimates, there will still be almost 1,597,000 new cases of cancer and 571,950 deaths.
But beyond the big-picture view, this year’s report digs into the disparities between the least- and most-educated. And they’re big. In 2007, cancer death rates for the least-educated were 2.6 times those of the most-educated