Iowa, along with Utah and West Virginia, is one of three states in the U.S. with a rising rate of new cancer diagnoses. To better understand what may be contributing to this, researchers at the American Cancer Society compared cancer diagnosis and mortality rates between Iowa and its seven surrounding states from 2001 to 2022.
While Iowa’s cancer diagnosis rates were similar to other states before 2013, new diagnoses increased 0.6% annually in males from 2013 to 2022 and in females from 2005 to 2022. Other states’ cancer rates were stable during these periods…