Cancer
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Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity
- Numbers of adults who have ever been diagnosed with cancer: 21.1 million
- Percent of adults who have ever been diagnosed with cancer: 8.7%
Physician office visits
- Number of visits to physician offices with cancer as the primary diagnosis: 20.0 million
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2014 State and National Summary Tables, table 16[PDF – 613 KB]
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 591,699
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 185.6
- Cause of death rank: 2
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2014, tables 9, 10, 11[PDF – 4.4 MB]
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- Age-adjusted death rates for selected causes of death by sex, race, and Hispanic origin Health, United States, 2016, table 17[PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Death rates for cancer by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age Health, United States, 2016, table 24[PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Death rates for cancer of trachea, bronchus, and lung, by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age Health, United States, 2016, table 25[PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Death rates for malignant neoplasm of breast among females, by race, Hispanic origin, and age Health, United States, 2016, table 26[PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Cancer incidence rates by sex, race, and Hispanic origin Health, United States, 2016, table 36[PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Cancer survival rates for selected cancer sites by sex and race Health, United States, 2016, table 37[PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Changes in the Leading Cause of Death: Recent Patterns in Heart Disease and Cancer Mortality
- Declines in Cancer Death Rates to Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1999-2014
- Page last reviewed: May 3, 2017
- Page last updated: May 3, 2017
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