Cancer now No. 1 killer in 22 states, ahead of heart disease

Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 12:30 in Health & Medicine

Cancer is becoming the No. 1 killer in more and more states as deaths from heart disease have declined, new health statistics show. Nationwide, heart disease is still the leading cause of death, just ahead of cancer. While death rates for both have been falling for nearly 25 years, heart disease...

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