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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 2003 and 2012
Numbers (burden) vs Rates (risk)
All Races, All Ages, Both Sexes
Cancer Site Burden Percent ChangeRisk Percent Change
Liver & IBD 56.2 26.4
Corpus & Uterus, NOS 29.2 9.0
Thyroid 28.8 7.9
Pancreas 26.1 4.4
Urinary Bladder 22.1 1.9
Testis 12.2 0.7
Brain & ONS 18.4 -0.1
Melanoma of the Skin 18.3 -0.2
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 14.7 -5.6
Esophagus 13.9 -6.3
Cervix Uteri 4.0 -8.0
Leukemia 7.9 -8.3
Myeloma 9.4 -8.5
Kidney & Renal Pelvis 10.0 -8.7
All Cancer Sites 4.6 -12.8
Breast (Female) -1.1 -15.8
Ovarya -1.7 -16.5
Lung & Bronchus -0.4 -17.0
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma -5.1 -19.9
Larynx -3.4 -20.8
Stomach -7.6 -22.4
Colon & Rectum -7.6 -23.2
Hodgkin Lymphoma -16.1 -27.1
Prostate -7.8 -28.0

Footnotes:

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

Burden is the change in the number of deaths between 2003 and 2012.

Risk is the change in the cancer death rates between 2003 and 2012.

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