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Table 2.21

All Cancer Sites (Invasive)

United States Cancer Prevalence Estimates

Estimated United States Cancer Prevalence Counts a on January 1, 2008
By Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Years Since Diagnosis
Race/Ethnicity Sex Years Since Diagnosis Completeh
0 to <5 5 to <10 10 to <15 15 to <20 20 to <25 25 to <30 0 to <18e 0 to <33e >=33g
All Races b Both Sexes 4,132,758 2,851,221 1,878,782 1,129,972 658,827 413,357 9,795,922 11,478,794 478,805 11,957,599
Males 2,121,106 1,419,006 899,769 444,824 220,318 123,455 4,857,657 5,407,975 97,887 5,505,862
Females 2,011,652 1,432,215 979,013 685,148 438,509 289,902 4,938,265 6,070,819 380,918 6,451,737
White b Both Sexes 3,552,919 2,502,741 1,667,443 1,025,739 599,931 378,080 8,540,079 10,073,552 422,039 10,495,591
Males 1,815,492 1,236,957 795,345 407,506 202,679 114,503 4,213,126 4,720,180 91,527 4,811,707
Females 1,737,427 1,265,784 872,098 618,233 397,252 263,577 4,326,953 5,353,372 330,512 5,683,884
Black b Both Sexes 390,394 234,454 143,332 68,326 37,830 22,314 840,720 936,612 26,988 963,600
Males 210,085 129,069 74,942 25,196 10,920 5,197 447,658 474,747 2,566 477,313
Females 180,309 105,385 68,390 43,130 26,910 17,117 393,062 461,865 24,422 486,287
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c
Both Sexes 117,499 71,722 42,716 + + + 248,042 + + +
Males 51,757 29,223 16,203 + + + 102,531 + + +
Females 65,742 42,499 26,513 + + + 145,511 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 264,703 162,108 96,892 + + + 563,739 + + +
Males 127,349 75,681 42,745 + + + 260,853 + + +
Females 137,354 86,427 54,147 + + + 302,886 + + +
Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2008, of the SEER 11 population diagnosed in the previous 18 years
By Age at Prevalence, Race/Ethnicity and Sex
Race/Ethnicity Sex Age Specific (Crude) Age-Adjustedf
All Ages 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ All Ages
All Races c Both Sexes 2.7119% 0.0789% 0.1632% 0.2690% 0.6819% 1.6511% 3.8386% 8.5534% 13.6175% 14.3510% 2.7635%
Males 2.7122% 0.0839% 0.1727% 0.2544% 0.5250% 1.1291% 3.1627% 9.4144% 18.1814% 21.0990% 3.1491%
Females 2.7117% 0.0736% 0.1533% 0.2845% 0.8435% 2.1749% 4.4853% 7.7733% 10.0184% 10.6162% 2.5395%
White c Both Sexes 2.9529% 0.0850% 0.1778% 0.2992% 0.7570% 1.7435% 3.9685% 8.8923% 14.2663% 14.7234% 2.8859%
Males 2.9217% 0.0908% 0.1891% 0.2835% 0.5945% 1.2063% 3.2350% 9.5835% 18.6768% 21.2550% 3.2330%
Females 2.9843% 0.0790% 0.1658% 0.3164% 0.9318% 2.3027% 4.6947% 8.2482% 10.7059% 11.1238% 2.6942%
Black c Both Sexes 1.9972% 0.0564% 0.1099% 0.1712% 0.4640% 1.3397% 3.7423% 9.0015% 13.2571% 13.1242% 2.6219%
Males 2.2429% 0.0589% 0.1099% 0.1568% 0.3173% 0.9417% 3.8131% 12.4108% 20.8943% 22.8004% 3.5762%
Females 1.7742% 0.0539% 0.1099% 0.1852% 0.5924% 1.6875% 3.6834% 6.3764% 8.0232% 8.6223% 2.0336%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c
Both Sexes 1.7873% 0.0627% 0.1259% 0.1673% 0.4219% 1.2419% 2.8185% 5.2979% 8.6994% 10.4282% 1.8661%
Males 1.5886% 0.0662% 0.1370% 0.1511% 0.2623% 0.6568% 1.7373% 4.9396% 11.0274% 15.2947% 1.9117%
Females 1.9735% 0.0590% 0.1142% 0.1835% 0.5729% 1.7777% 3.7589% 5.6029% 6.9589% 7.3696% 1.8895%
Hispanic d Both Sexes - - - - - - - - - - -
Males - - - - - - - - - - -
Females - - - - - - - - - - -

Footnotes:

a US 2008 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2008 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2008 US population estimates based on the average of 2007 and 2008 population estimates from the US Bureau of the Census. Prevalence was calculated using the First Malignant Primary Only for a person.

b Statistics based on SEER 9 Areas.

c Statistics based on SEER 11 Areas and Rural Georgia

d Statistics based on NHIA for Hispanic for SEER 11 Areas and Rural Georgia.

e Maximum limited-duration prevalence: 33 years for 1975-2008 SEER 9 data; 18 years for 1990-2008 SEER 11 data (used to calculate prevalence for Hispanics and Asian Pacific Islanders).

f Percentages are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Standard Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130) by 5-year age groups.

g Cases diagnosed more than 33 years ago were estimated using the completeness index method (Capocaccia et. al. 1997, Merrill et. al. 2000).

h Complete prevalence is obtained by summing 0 to <33 and >=33.

i Age-specific completeness index was approximated using empirical data from historical Connecticut tumor registry.

- Statistic not shown. Statistic based on fewer than 5 cases estimated alive in SEER for the time interval.

+ Not available.

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