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Figure 1.19

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


Figure 1.19

Years of Life Lost in 2011 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 9071.8
Lung & Bronchus 2388.1
Colon & Rectum 790.8
Breast (Female) 781.7
Pancreas 558.8
Liver & IBD 376.4
Leukemia 369.3
Brain & ONS 322.0
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 288.7
Prostate 270.6
Ovary 254.0
Esophagus 234.4
Kidney & Renal Pelvis 214.1
Stomach 178.0
Urinary Bladder 172.2
Melanoma of the Skin 158.4
Myeloma 156.4
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 150.3
Corpus & Uterus, NOS 149.1
Cervix Uteri 107.2
Childhood Ages (0-14) 92.1
Hodgkin Lymphoma 26.5
Testis 13.2
Average Years of Life Lost
Cancer SiteIncidence
Average Years of Life Lost in Years
Childhood Ages (0-14) 71.8
Testis 34.8
Cervix Uteri 26.2
Hodgkin Lymphoma 22.7
Brain & ONS 22.2
Breast (Female) 19.1
Ovary 17.7
Liver & IBD 17.4
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 17.4
Melanoma of the Skin 17.4
Corpus & Uterus, NOS 17.3
Esophagus 16.2
Stomach 16.1
Leukemia 15.9
Kidney & Renal Pelvis 15.8
All Cancer Sites 15.7
Colon & Rectum 15.3
Lung & Bronchus 15.2
Pancreas 15.0
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 14.2
Myeloma 13.7
Urinary Bladder 11.5
Prostate 9.7

Footnotes:

Source: US Mortality Files, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 2009 Life Tables.

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