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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 2012 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 9167.3
Lung & Bronchus 2393.1
Colon & Rectum 791.3
Breast (Female) 783.0
Pancreas 579.9
Liver & IBD 399.0
Leukemia 368.7
Brain & ONS 337.3
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 285.8
Prostate 267.7
Ovary 254.7
Esophagus 236.3
Kidney & Renal Pelvis 210.0
Stomach 183.1
Urinary Bladder 173.1
Myeloma 162.0
Melanoma of the Skin 158.4
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 155.9
Corpus & Uterus, NOS 153.6
Cervix Uteri 108.6
Childhood Ages (0-14) 98.0
Hodgkin Lymphoma 25.2
Testis 14.2
Average Years of Life Lost
Cancer SiteIncidence
Average Years of Life Lost in Years
Childhood Ages (0-14) 71.7
Testis 36.8
Cervix Uteri 26.7
Hodgkin Lymphoma 22.3
Brain & ONS 22.1
Breast (Female) 19.0
Ovary 17.7
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 17.5
Liver & IBD 17.4
Corpus & Uterus, NOS 17.2
Melanoma of the Skin 17.1
Stomach 16.4
Esophagus 16.1
Leukemia 15.8
All Cancer Sites 15.7
Kidney & Renal Pelvis 15.5
Colon & Rectum 15.4
Lung & Bronchus 15.2
Pancreas 14.9
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 14.0
Myeloma 13.7
Urinary Bladder 11.4
Prostate 9.8

Footnotes:

Source: US Mortality Files, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 2010 Life Tables.

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