[PDF][PDF] Cancer statistics, 2006

A Jemal, R Siegel, E Ward, T Murray, J Xu, C Smigal… - CA-ATLANTA-, 2006 - academia.edu
A Jemal, R Siegel, E Ward, T Murray, J Xu, C Smigal, MJ Thun
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ABSTRACT Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the number of new cancer
cases and deaths expected in the United States in the current year and compiles the most
recent data on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival based on incidence data from the
National Cancer Institute and mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
Incidence and death rates are age-standardized to the 2000 US standard million population.
A total of 1,399,790 new cancer cases and 564,830 deaths from cancer are expected in the …
ABSTRACT Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the number of new cancer cases and deaths expected in the United States in the current year and compiles the most recent data on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival based on incidence data from the National Cancer Institute and mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Incidence and death rates are age-standardized to the 2000 US standard million population. A total of 1,399,790 new cancer cases and 564,830 deaths from cancer are expected in the United States in 2006. When deaths are aggregated by age, cancer has surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death for those younger than age 85 since 1999. Delay-adjusted cancer incidence rates stabilized in men from 1995 through 2002, but continued to increase by 0.3% per year from 1987 through 2002 in women.
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