What is the correlation between diet and stomach cancer incidence rates in the USA over the past 20 years?

Despite advances in healthcare over the past 20 years, stomach cancer continues to affect thousands of people worldwide. There are approximately 26,000 new cases of stomach cancer per year in the USA alone. Due to stomach cancer’s high mortality rate, it is important to help prevent residents from this deadly disease. One of the main factors that correlate with stomach cancer is the diet of the individual. Diet has already been known to affect Gastro- Intestinal related diseases. In this paper, we will be exploring specific diet changes that can assist in lowering one's chances of getting stomach cancer. Diet information of the United States population from 2001 to 2017 was extracted from the Agriculture Research Service for the US. Department of Agriculture database. Additionally corresponding stomach cancer incidence rates were pulled from the CDC Cancer Database. We will use linear regressions and scatterplots to examine trends between changes in the American diet and stomach cancer incidence rates. Specific focus will be played to nutrients already shown to be correlated with stomach cancer rates.