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Table 2.21

All Cancer Sites (Invasive)

United States Cancer Prevalence Estimates

Estimated United States Cancer Prevalence Counts a on January 1, 2012
By Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Years Since Diagnosis
Race/Ethnicity Sex Years Since Diagnosis Completeh
0 to <5 5 to <10 10 to <15 15 to <20 20 to <25 25 to <30 0 to <20e 0 to <37e >=37g
All Races b Both Sexes 4,660,390 3,220,696 2,297,725 1,454,626 861,141 505,137 12,037,276 13,405,317 370,934 13,776,251
Males 2,395,057 1,636,053 1,105,506 654,928 315,984 163,447 5,951,188 6,387,558 76,971 6,464,529
Females 2,265,333 1,584,643 1,192,219 799,698 545,157 341,690 6,086,088 7,017,759 293,963 7,311,722
White b Both Sexes 3,913,280 2,780,192 2,013,548 1,287,998 779,233 458,563 10,359,308 11,601,795 324,151 11,925,946
Males 2,003,404 1,405,324 962,849 578,882 289,312 150,214 5,096,308 5,497,887 72,025 5,569,912
Females 1,909,876 1,374,868 1,050,699 709,116 489,921 308,349 5,263,000 6,103,908 252,126 6,356,034
Black b Both Sexes 487,189 296,165 190,445 110,608 52,052 29,576 1,109,887 1,189,165 22,527 1,211,692
Males 261,563 162,329 101,649 53,718 17,259 7,999 588,391 609,432 1,907 611,339
Females 225,626 133,836 88,796 56,890 34,793 21,577 521,496 579,733 20,620 600,353
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c
Both Sexes 147,701 90,366 58,598 + + + 330,690 + + +
Males 62,926 37,188 22,375 + + + 134,340 + + +
Females 84,775 53,178 36,223 + + + 196,350 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 327,526 204,575 131,420 + + + 742,005 + + +
Males 155,663 95,961 59,027 + + + 342,644 + + +
Females 171,863 108,614 72,393 + + + 399,361 + + +
Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2012, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 20 years
By Age at Prevalence, Race/Ethnicity and Sex
Race/Ethnicity Sex Age Specific (Crude) Age-Adjustedf
All Ages 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ All Ages
All Races c Both Sexes 3.3439% 0.0867% 0.1870% 0.3323% 0.7825% 1.9172% 4.3781% 9.4329% 15.9290% 17.8982% 3.2158%
Males 3.3276% 0.0907% 0.1973% 0.3215% 0.6175% 1.3317% 3.5697% 10.0706% 20.3717% 25.5905% 3.5875%
Females 3.3597% 0.0826% 0.1762% 0.3436% 0.9482% 2.4979% 5.1523% 8.8564% 12.3280% 13.3496% 3.0004%
White c Both Sexes 3.6851% 0.0946% 0.2067% 0.3762% 0.8788% 2.0546% 4.5798% 9.8605% 16.7896% 18.5683% 3.3871%
Males 3.6345% 0.0977% 0.2199% 0.3648% 0.7023% 1.4504% 3.7052% 10.3218% 21.0546% 26.0188% 3.7143%
Females 3.7355% 0.0914% 0.1929% 0.3884% 1.0646% 2.6790% 5.4452% 9.4296% 13.2452% 14.1132% 3.2085%
Black c Both Sexes 2.5129% 0.0631% 0.1280% 0.2137% 0.5347% 1.5799% 4.1368% 9.8340% 15.9616% 16.0571% 3.0533%
Males 2.7904% 0.0677% 0.1266% 0.2103% 0.3830% 1.1080% 4.0489% 12.8776% 24.1031% 27.6383% 4.0581%
Females 2.2601% 0.0582% 0.1294% 0.2170% 0.6672% 1.9962% 4.2134% 7.4455% 10.2639% 10.4330% 2.4333%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c
Both Sexes 2.1407% 0.0676% 0.1360% 0.2033% 0.4844% 1.3780% 3.1398% 5.8799% 9.8282% 12.7380% 2.1271%
Males 1.8597% 0.0748% 0.1430% 0.1837% 0.3286% 0.7281% 1.9350% 5.2145% 11.7196% 17.9383% 2.1145%
Females 2.3981% 0.0600% 0.1287% 0.2229% 0.6243% 1.9531% 4.1756% 6.4300% 8.3655% 9.5615% 2.1951%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 1.4540% 0.0814% 0.1769% 0.2627% 0.5666% 1.3533% 3.1080% 6.6182% 11.5132% 13.4762% 2.3397%
Males 1.3163% 0.0864% 0.1864% 0.2626% 0.4401% 0.8479% 2.2370% 6.7085% 15.3104% 20.1082% 2.6149%
Females 1.5950% 0.0763% 0.1670% 0.2628% 0.7018% 1.8807% 3.9425% 6.5406% 8.7002% 9.5071% 2.2195%

Footnotes:

a US 2012 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2012 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2012 US population estimates based on the average of 2011 and 2012 population estimates from the US Bureau of the Census. Prevalence was calculated using the First Malignant Primary Only for a person.

b Statistics based on SEER 9 Areas.

c Statistics based on SEER 11 Areas and Rural Georgia

d Statistics based on NHIA for Hispanic for SEER 11 Areas and Rural Georgia.

e Maximum limited-duration prevalence: 37 years for 1975-2012 SEER 9 data; 20 years for 1992-2012 SEER 11 data (used to calculate prevalence for Hispanics and Asian Pacific Islanders).

f Percentages are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Standard Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130) by 5-year age groups.

g Cases diagnosed more than 37 years ago were estimated using the completeness index method (Capocaccia et. al. 1997, Merrill et. al. 2000).

h Complete prevalence is obtained by summing 0 to <37 and >=37.

i Age-specific completeness index was approximated using empirical data from historical Connecticut tumor registry.

- Statistic not shown. Statistic based on fewer than 5 cases estimated alive in SEER for the time interval.

+ Not available.

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