Cancer mortality in the United States will be reduced by 90%, relative to 1994, in any year through 2010. (Mortality rates are determined by dividing the number of deaths by the population.) Cancer includes leukemia, but excludes non-invasive solid tumors, and benign tumors. No adjustments will be made for age-related risk, or for reduction or increase in cancer-causing behavior or conditions, such as smoking, air pollution, or ozone loss.
Judgment entered 10 January 2013 based on a compilation from the CDC/NCHS National Vital Statistics Service (such compilation, the "NVSS-LCD Table"). The NVSS-LCD Table was preliminarily released in November and shows a decrease in cancer mortality of roughly 10% since 1994, far less than the 90% reduction required for a YES judgment.
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