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Michigan's Cancer Plan Dashboard now available to track state's progress
April 28, 2017
For Immediate Release: April 28, 2017
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services today announced that the Michigan Cancer Consortium’s updated Cancer Plan Dashboard, 2016-2020, is now publicly available. The dashboard is an easy way for residents to learn about initiatives that improve prevention, early detection, treatment, and quality of life for every person impacted by cancer.
Some of the improvements noted in the dashboard include screening and vaccination rates. Colorectal cancer screening in Michigan adults ages 50 to 75 has seen a small but important increase from 71 percent in 2013 to 71.9 percent in 2015. Vaccination rates for Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a virus known to cause cancer in women and men, have increased for both females and males from a baseline of 24.2 and 7.4 percent respectively in 2013 to 33.2 and 25 percent in 2016.
While these improvements are encouraging, there is more work to be done to meet both state and national goals. MCC and MDHHS will continue to build on the recent increase in breast cancer screening (mammogram) among females ages 50 to 74, which improved from 81 percent in 2012 to 81.9 percent in 2014.
The updated cancer plan dashboard coincides with the Annual Cancer Report to the Nation, which is released every year by the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Institute, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. This year’s national report shows that overall cancer death rates are continuing to decline in men, women, and children for all major racial and ethnic groups.
Risk factors including obesity and tobacco use are addressed in both the national report and state dashboard. The Annual Cancer Report to the Nation found that tobacco-related cancers have low survival rates, which underscores the importance of reducing tobacco use. In Michigan, there has been improvement in adult smoking rates, decreasing from 21.4 percent in 2013 to 20.7 percent in 2015. And yet more needs to be done to reach the goal of 19.3 percent by the year 2020.
To learn more about cancer control and prevention in Michigan, visit www.michigan.gov/cancer.
To view the state cancer plan, the dashboard, or to learn more about the Michigan Cancer Consortium, visit http://www.michigancancer.org/CancerPlan/ComprehensiveCancerControlPlan-2016-2020.html.
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