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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 2002 and 2011
Numbers (burden) vs Rates (risk)
All Races, All Ages, Both Sexes
Cancer Site Burden Percent ChangeRisk Percent Change
Liver & IBD 53.8 25.5
Corpus & Uterus, NOS 26.1 7.5
Thyroid 27.8 6.6
Melanoma of the Skin 21.5 3.1
Pancreas 23.4 3.0
Urinary Bladder 18.9 -0.1
Brain & ONS 12.9 -4.5
Esophagus 13.7 -5.9
Kidney & Renal Pelvis 11.5 -6.9
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 11.9 -7.7
Leukemia 7.5 -8.0
Cervix Uteri 3.5 -8.9
Myeloma 4.6 -11.5
Testis -3.3 -11.7
All Cancer Sites 3.5 -13.2
Breast (Female) -1.4 -15.9
Lung & Bronchus -0.4 -16.4
Ovarya -2.3 -16.6
Larynx 0.3 -17.7
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma -7.3 -21.3
Colon & Rectum -8.5 -23.6
Stomach -9.5 -23.6
Hodgkin Lymphoma -13.6 -24.1
Prostate -8.1 -27.6

Footnotes:

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

Burden is the change in the number of deaths between 2002 and 2011.

Risk is the change in the cancer death rates between 2002 and 2011.

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