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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 2016 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 9329.3
Lung & Bronchus 2229.6
Colon & Rectum 822.7
Breast (Female) 779.7
Pancreas 643.7
Liver & IBD 448.7
Leukemia 364.2
Brain & ONS 362.2
Prostate 303.1
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 278.1
Ovary 251.5
Esophagus 247.4
Kidney & Renal Pelvis 214.1
Stomach 189.7
Corpus & Uterus, NOS 188.1
Urinary Bladder 184.7
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 172.6
Myeloma 165.7
Melanoma of the Skin 135.1
Cervix Uteri 110.1
Childhood Ages (0-14) 95.2
Hodgkin Lymphoma 19.2
Testis 15.0

Average Years of Life Lost

Cancer SiteIncidence
Average Years of Life Lost in Years
Childhood Ages (0-14) 71.9
Testis 34.8
Cervix Uteri 26.3
Brain & ONS 21.5
Hodgkin Lymphoma 19.2
Breast (Female) 18.8
Ovary 17.7
Corpus & Uterus, NOS 17.5
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 17.0
Liver & IBD 16.9
Stomach 16.6
Melanoma of the Skin 16.5
Esophagus 16.0
Colon & Rectum 15.7
Leukemia 15.6
All Cancer Sites 15.6
Kidney & Renal Pelvis 15.5
Pancreas 15.1
Lung & Bronchus 15.0
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 13.7
Myeloma 13.5
Urinary Bladder 11.1
Prostate 10.0

Footnotes:

Source: US Mortality Files, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 2015 Life Tables.

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