A recent report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that the death rate for cancer among children in the United States has decreased by a quarter over the past two decades. However, the decline has not been uniform across all groups. While death rates dropped at similar rates for Black, White, and Hispanic children between 2001 and 2011, the decline continued only for White children in the following decade. In 2021, the cancer death rate among White children was about 20% lower than it was for Black or Hispanic children. Brain cancer has become the leading cause of childhood cancer mortality, accounting for about a quarter of all cancer deaths among those younger than 20. Overall, cancer was the fourth leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 19 in the US.
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