About the Authors

Ahmedin Jemal

ajemal@cancer.org

Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Elizabeth Ward

Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Robert N. Anderson

Affiliation Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland, United States of America

Taylor Murray

Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Michael J. Thun

Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJ. Analyzed the data: MT AJ EW TM RA. Wrote the paper: MT AJ. Other: Helped in the interpretation of data: MT RA TM. Reviewed manuscript critically: MT RA TM EW.