This is Brad Milkey, host the Start Here podcast with ABC News.

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Now from Times Square, here's what you need to know. Dr. Darien joins us with a medical headline

that you're following. The American Cancer Society releasing their annual report on cancer rates

across the country.

It's highlighting particular risk, especially with like women, younger adults.

What are we seeing in this?

So let's consider this a cancer progress report.

This is using information from the Central Cancer Registry as well as the National Center for Health Science.

And so I just want to show you some important numbers and some standout bindings.

Overall, some good news. The trend of deaths are downward by 34% when you compare the years of 1991 to 2022. That's averting more than 4.8 million deaths.

Unfortunately, women seem to carry a higher burden of cancer rates,

specifically between the ages of 50 and 64.

This is significant because that's the first time historically we've seen that.

For the first time, women have a higher rate of lung cancer, for example, than men.

Also, we're seeing rising rates of diagnosis in young adults, specifically breasts,

colorectal, and thyroid cancer, and the reasons behind that are not completely clear.

Could it be environmental? Could it be rising rates of obesity?

And disparities continue.

Native Americans and black Americans continue to represent the highest rate of cancer-related

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