<< CSR 1975-2008 Home

The navigation below allows you to jump to any table or figure within the SEER Cancer Statistics Review.

  1. First select the CSR Section, then a Table/Figure from that section.
  2. Use the Submit button to view the table or figure. You will have options to download a printer-friendly version (PDF) or the data table (CSV) as well.

To learn more about the Cancer Statistics Review and the statistics presented in this report, refer to the About the CSR (PDF, 523 KB) and Technical Notes (PDF, 687 KB) pages.



Download and Print: Download Printer-friendly PDF Download data


Figure 1.19

CSR Figure 1.19: Person and Average Years of Life Lost by Cancer Site (2008)


Figure 1.19

Years of Life Lost in 2008 due to Cancer

All Races, Both Sexes

Person-Years of Life
Cancer SiteIncidence
Person-Years of Life Lost in Thousands of Years
All Cancer Sites 8756.2
Lung & Bronchus 2378.0
Colon & Rectum 775.4
Breast (Female) 765.7
Pancreas 517.5
Leukemia 365.3
Liver & IBD 309.4
Brain & ONS 303.2
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 289.3
Prostate 268.5
Ovary 248.8
Esophagus 216.7
Kidney & Renal Pelvis 199.8
Stomach 178.0
Urinary Bladder 159.6
Melanoma of the Skin 152.0
Myeloma 145.2
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 138.4
Corpus & Uterus, NOS 127.2
Cervix Uteri 104.7
Childhood Ages (0-14) 96.6
Hodgkin Lymphoma 27.2
Testis 12.6
Average Years of Life Lost
Cancer SiteIncidence
Average Years of Life Lost in Years
Childhood Ages (0-14) 71.4
Testis 35.2
Cervix Uteri 26.1
Hodgkin Lymphoma 23.2
Brain & ONS 22.1
Breast (Female) 18.9
Melanoma of the Skin 17.6
Ovary 17.3
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 17.3
Liver & IBD 17.0
Corpus & Uterus, NOS 16.6
Leukemia 16.3
Esophagus 15.8
Stomach 15.7
Kidney & Renal Pelvis 15.5
All Cancer Sites 15.5
Lung & Bronchus 15.0
Pancreas 14.7
Colon & Rectum 14.7
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 14.2
Myeloma 13.7
Urinary Bladder 11.4
Prostate 9.4

Footnotes:

Source: US Mortality Files, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 2007 Life Tables.

Page Navigation: << Previous Next >>


The information on this page is archived and provided for reference purposes only. Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing information on this page may e-mail for assistance.