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Figure 1.18

CSR Figure 1.18: US Mortality, Burden vs Risk by Cancer Site


Figure 1.18

Mortality Percent Change between 1999 and 2008
Numbers (burden) vs Rates (risk)
All Races, All Ages, Both Sexes
Cancer Site Burden Percent ChangeRisk Percent Change
Liver & IBD 47.1 23.4
Thyroid 32.9 13.5
Pancreas 21.2 2.9
Corpus & Uterus, NOS 18.7 2.9
Melanoma of the Skin 19.5 1.9
Urinary Bladder 17.9 -0.1
Kidney & Renal Pelvis 16.0 -2.0
Esophagus 15.1 -2.8
Brain & ONS 7.5 -7.7
Leukemia 6.5 -8.4
Ovarya 5.4 -9.2
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 7.1 -10.3
Lung & Bronchus 4.3 -10.5
All Cancer Sites 2.8 -12.4
Testis -5.3 -13.0
Myeloma 0.9 -13.6
Breast (Female) -1.3 -15.5
Cervix Uteri -4.7 -16.0
Larynx -1.4 -16.9
Colon & Rectum -7.6 -21.8
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma -10.7 -23.5
Stomach -10.7 -23.9
Hodgkin Lymphoma -16.5 -26.3
Prostate -10.3 -27.7

Footnotes:

US Mortality estimates based on US age-specific rates applied to US population.

Burden is the change in the number of deaths between 1999 and 2008.

Risk is the change in the cancer death rates between 1999 and 2008.

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