Trends-at-a-Glance

The Trends-at-a-Glance offers an overview of trend direction measure by measure. Trends noted as stable or NSC (non-significant change) are not changing significantly. The difference between "stable" and "NSC" is based on statistical computations described in the Methodology for Characterizing Trends appendix.

The table below provides a snapshot of recent trends (as characterized by the Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC)) for measures included in this report. A light green background indicates that the recent trend is moving in the desired direction. A light red background indicates that the recent trend is not moving in the desired direction. There is no background color for trends that are stable or show a non-significant change in direction. Click on any trend to view the figure(s) associated with that measure. For a more complete summary of the measures, including their progress compared with the Healthy People 2010 target, see the Summary Tables by topic.

Measure Recent Trend* Desired Direction PREVENTION Age at smoking initiation Rising Rising Youth smoking Falling Falling Adult smoking Falling Falling • Non-Hispanic whites Falling Falling • Non-Hispanic blacks Falling Falling • Hispanic Falling Falling Quitting smoking Stable Rising • Non-Hispanic whites Stable Rising • Non-Hispanic blacks Stable Rising • Hispanic Rising Rising Doctor advice to quit smoking Rising Rising Dentist advice to quit smoking Rising Rising Medicaid coverage of tobacco dependence tratments Rising Rising Fruit and vegetable consumption Stable Rising Red meat consumption NSC Falling Fat consumption Stable Falling Alcohol consumption Rising Falling No leisure-time physical activity Stable Falling • Non-Hispanic whites Falling Falling • Non-Hispanic blacks Stable Falling • Hispanic Falling Falling Weight (both sexes)     • Healthy weight Falling Rising • Overweight Rising Falling • Obese Rising Falling Sun protection Falling Rising Secondhand smoke     • Environmental tobacco smoke NSC Falling • Smoke-free work environment Rising Rising • Smoke-free indoor air laws Rising Rising Pesticide levels in the blood Unavailable Falling Dioxin levels in the human body Unavailable Falling Tobacco company marketing expenditures NSC Falling EARLY DETECTION Breast cancer screening Falling Rising Cervical cancer screening Falling Rising Colorectal cancer screening     • Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) Falling Rising • Endoscopy Rising Rising • Colorectal test use Rising Rising DIAGNOSIS Incidence     • All cancers Falling Falling • Race/ethnicity     • White Falling Falling • Black Falling Falling • Hispanics Falling Falling • American Indian/Alaskan Natives Stable Falling • Asian/Pacific Islanders Falling Falling • Most common cancers     • Breast (female) Falling Falling • Colon and rectum (female) Falling Falling • Colon and rectum (male) Falling Falling • Lung and bronchus (female) Rising Falling • Lung and bronchus (male) Falling Falling • Prostate Falling Falling • Cancers whose incidence rate is increasing    by 2 percent or more per year     • Hodgkin lymphoma Rising Falling • Kidney and renal pelvis Rising Falling • Liver and intrahepatic bile duct Rising Falling • Melanoma of the skin Rising Falling • Thyroid Rising Falling • Cancers whose incidence rate is increasing    by less than 2 percent per year     • Childhood Rising Falling • Esophagus Rising Falling • Leukemia Rising Falling • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Rising Falling • Pancreas Rising Falling • Testis Rising Falling • Cancers whose incidence rate is decreasing     • Brain and other nervous system Falling Falling • Corpus and uterus, NOS Falling Falling • Oral cavity and pharynx Falling Falling • Ovary Falling Falling • Stomach Falling Falling • Urinary bladder Falling Falling Stage at diagnosis     • Breast (female) Stable Falling • Cervix Falling Falling • Colon Falling Falling • Prostate Falling Falling • Rectum Falling Falling TREATMENT Bladder cancer Rising Rising Breast cancer treatment     • Mastectomy Falling Rising • No surgery Rising Rising • BCS with radiation NSC Rising • BCS without radiation Rising Rising • Multiagent chemotherapy Rising Rising Colorectal cancer treatment Rising Rising Kidney cancer treatment Rising Rising Lung cancer treatment Rising Rising Ovarian cancer treatment Falling Rising Prostate cancer treatment NSC Rising LIFE AFTER CANCER Survival     • All cancers Rising Rising • Breast (female) Rising Rising • Colon and rectum Rising Rising • Lung and bronchus Rising Rising • Prostate Rising Rising Cancer survivors and smoking Falling Falling END OF LIFE (Mortality) All cancers Falling Falling Most common cancers     • Female breast Falling Falling • Colon and rectum (female) Falling Falling • Colon and rectum (male) Falling Falling • Lung and bronchus (female) Falling Falling • Lung and bronchus (male) Falling Falling • Prostate Falling Falling Race/ethnicity     • White Falling Falling • Black Falling Falling • Hispanic Falling Falling • American Indian/Alaskan Natives Stable Falling • Asian/Pacific Islander Falling Falling Cancers whose mortality rate is increasing     • Corpus and uterus (NOS) Rising Falling • Liver and intrahepatice bile duct Rising Falling • Pancreas Rising Falling • Thyroid Falling Rising Cancers whose mortality rate is decreasing     • Brain and other nervous system Falling Falling • Leukemia Falling Falling • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Falling Falling • Ovary Falling Falling • Stomach Falling Falling • Urinary bladder Falling Falling

* Summary trend (generally 5 most recent years) as characterized by the Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC).

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