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Figure 1.8

CSR Figure 1.8: Trends in US Death Rates By Primary Cancer Site and Sex


Figure 1.8

Trends in US Death Rates by Sex and Primary Cancer Site, 2002-2011

Trends in US Mortality, Males
Cancer SiteAnnual Percent Change, 2002-2011
Liver & Intrahepatic Bile Duct 2.6 *
Thyroid 1.8 *
Melanoma of the Skin 0.7 *
Pancreas 0.3 *
Urinary Bladder 0.1
Brain & Other Nervous System -0.4
Esophagus -0.6 *
Testis -0.6
Kidney & Renal Pelvis -0.8 *
Oral Cavity & Pharynx -0.9 *
Leukemia -1.0 *
Myeloma -1.3 *
All Sites Except Lung & Bronchus -1.4 *
All Cancer Sites -1.8 *
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma -2.3 *
Hodgkin Lymphoma -2.4 *
Larynx -2.6 *
Lung & Bronchus -2.6 *
Colon & Rectum -3.0 *
Stomach -3.2 *
Prostate -3.3 *
Trends in US Mortality, Females
Cancer SiteAnnual Percent Change, 2002-2011
Liver & Intrahepatic Bile Duct 1.8 *
Thyroid 0.9
Corpus & Uterus, NOS 0.8 *
Pancreas 0.4 *
Melanoma of the Skin -0.3
Brain & Other Nervous System -0.5 *
Urinary Bladder -0.6 *
Leukemia -1.0 *
Cervix Uteri -1.1 *
Lung & Bronchus -1.2 *
Kidney & Renal Pelvis -1.2 *
All Cancer Sites -1.4 *
All Sites Except Lung & Bronchus -1.5 *
Oral Cavity & Pharynx -1.5 *
Esophagus -1.6 *
Myeloma -1.9 *
Breast -2.0 *
Ovary -2.0 *
Larynx -2.1 *
Stomach -2.7 *
Colon & Rectum -2.9 *
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma -3.0 *
Hodgkin Lymphoma -3.5 *

Footnotes:

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

Underlying rates are per 100,000 and age-adjusted to the 2000 US Std Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1103).

For sex-specific cancer sites, the population was limited to the population of the appropriate sex.

* The APC is significantly different from zero (p<.05).

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