11 Cancer Stats That Might Surprise You February 2, 2017 by Chris Comish In Social Clips. In 2014, the death rate for cancer in the U.S. was 161 per 100,000 people–a 25 percent decrease since 1991. Findings from a 2015 study show that doing intense physical activity throughout one’s lifetime could lower the risk of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Print This Page Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11