American Cancer Society has reported a drop in the number of death rates in the nation due to cancer, crediting the timely identification of the disease and the improved technologies for the decline.

The death rates are reducing gradually. The main factors triggering the decline are premature detection, enhanced treatments, and abstinence from smoking.

In all, the death rates for all types of cancer reduced by 2% yearly between 2001 and 2006 among males and 1.5% per year from 2002 to 2006 among females.

According to the report, lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers among men and lung, breast, and colorectal cancers among women have been identified as the most disastrous forms of cancer, proving to be fatal under most circumstances.

The deaths due to these specific forms account for 50% of the deaths in men and women every year.

As per the estimations of ACS, prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers relate to nearly 52% of all the recently diagnosed cases among the men.

Of the estimated 1.5 million new cases of cancer detected in 2010, nearly 789,620 were seen in men and about 739,940 in women.

The association has predicted that as many as 569,490 people will die due to cancer this year.