Population in the News

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Population News Thursday January 18th 2007

Population growth in Iran 1.5%: report
(IranMania.com: Mon, 15 Jan) LONDON, January 15 (IranMania) - The average annual population growth rate in Iran over the past ten years is 1.55%, according to the latest census, Iran Daily reported.

Second Drop in Cancer Deaths Could Point to a Trend, Researchers Say
(New York Times: Thu, 18 Jan) The finding suggests that a small drop reported last year for 2003 the first in more than 70 years was no fluke.

U.S. Cancer Deaths Continue Decline
(Time Magazine: Wed, 17 Jan) Cancer deaths in the United States have dropped for a second straight year, confirming that a corner has been turned in the war on cancer

Cancer Deaths Drop In U.S.
(CBS News: Thu, 18 Jan) Cancer deaths in the United States have dropped for a second straight year, according to a report conducted by the American Cancer Society. Health officials credit the decline to a decrease in smoking and earlier detection of tumors.

Drop in U.S. cancer deaths a watershed
(Houston Chronicle: Wed, 17 Jan) The largest drop in deaths among the major cancers was in colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer deaths dropped by 1,110 in men and by 1,094 in women.

Cancer deaths drop for 2nd straight year
(AP via Yahoo! News: Thu, 18 Jan) Cancer deaths in the United States have dropped for a second straight year, confirming that a corner has been turned in the war on cancer. After a decline of 369 deaths from 2002 to 2003, the decrease from 2003 to 2004 was 3,014 - or more than eight times greater, according to a review of U.S. death certificates by the American Cancer Society.

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