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Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates -
United States, 2007
Appendices

The following tables depict the incidence and mortality rates for the cancers included in the Cancer Trends Progress Report – 2009/2010 Update. Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard Population. Click on the cancer name to view more detailed data for that particular cancer. For cancers not included in the tables, please visit the Cancer Statistics Review, 1975–2007 (http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2007/sections.html).

Delay-adjusted incidence rates

All races
Whites
Blacks
Cancer
Total
Males
Females
Total
Males
Females
Total
Males
Females
All sites
472.7
550.3
417.3
485.4
559.8
432.8
503.0
636.6
410.9
Brain and other nervous system
6.6
7.8
5.6
7.3
8.7
6.0
4.7
4.9
4.6
Female breast
126.3
X
126.3
129.8
X
129.8
122.1
X
122.1
Colon and rectum
45.3
51.6
40.1
44.6
50.9
39.5
55.8
62.5
51.0
Corpus uteri
25.0
X
25.0
25.8
X
25.8
22.3
X
22.3
Esophagus
4.6
8.0
1.9
4.8
8.3
1.9
5.0
8.0
2.9
Hodgkin lymphoma
3.1
3.6
2.7
3.4
3.9
3.0
3.1
3.5
2.6
Kidney and renal pelvis
15.2
20.6
10.7
15.4
20.7
10.9
18.0
24.6
13.0
Leukemia
14.0
18.3
10.8
14.8
19.4
11.4
9.8
13.2
7.6
Liver and bile duct
7.2
11.2
3.8
5.8
8.9
3.0
9.7
16.4
4.7
Lung and bronchus
61.0
71.8
53.0
62.2
71.3
55.8
71.8
96.6
55.1
Melanoma of the skin
21.5
26.9
17.8
26.5
32.6
22.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
20.9
25.5
17.2
22.3
27.1
18.3
15.2
17.8
13.1
Oral cavity and pharynx
10.6
15.6
6.2
10.9
16.0
6.3
9.7
15.3
5.4
Ovary
13.0
X
13.0
13.6
X
13.6
11.7
X
11.7
Pancreas
12.4
14.1
10.9
12.3
14.2
10.7
15.5
16.3
14.7
Prostate
170.9
170.9
X
168.2
168.2
X
259.3
259.3
X
Stomach
7.1
10.2
4.8
6.1
9.0
3.8
11.3
16.6
7.8
Testis
5.9
5.9
X
7.1
7.1
X
1.4
1.4
X
Thyroid
12.2
5.9
18.5
13.1
6.3
20.0
7.3
3.0
10.7
Urinary bladder
21.3
37.8
8.9
23.6
41.8
9.7
13.0
20.6
7.8

Source: SEER Program, National Cancer Institute. Incidence data are from the SEER 9 areas (http://seer.cancer.gov/registries/terms.html). Data are age-adjusted to the 2000 standard using age groups:<1, 1-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85+. Analysis uses the 2000 Standard Population (Census P25-1130) as defined by NCI (http://seer.cancer.gov/stdpopulations/).

X - Statistic not shown. Rate based on fewer than 25 cases for the year 2007.

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Age-adjusted mortality rates

All races
Whites
Blacks
Cancer
Total
Males
Females
Total
Males
Females
Total
Males
Females
All sites
178.2
217.8
150.9
177.1
215.2
150.6
216.3
284.2
175.2
Brain and other nervous system
4.2
5.1
3.5
4.6
5.5
3.8
2.4
2.8
2.1
Breast
12.8
0.3
22.8
12.4
0.3
22.2
18.6
0.4
31.4
Colon and rectum
16.7
20.1
14.2
16.2
19.5
13.7
23.4
29.1
19.7
Corpus uteri
4.2
X
4.2
3.9
X
3.9
7.5
X
7.5
Esophagus
4.3
7.7
1.6
4.3
7.8
1.5
4.7
8.4
2.2
Hodgkin lymphoma
0.4
0.5
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.3
Kidney and renal pelvis
4.0
5.8
2.6
4.1
5.9
2.7
4.1
6.0
2.8
Leukemia
7.0
9.4
5.3
7.2
9.8
5.4
6.2
8.0
5.0
Liver and bile duct
5.4
7.9
3.2
5.0
7.2
3.1
7.1
11.5
3.8
Lung and bronchus
50.7
65.2
40.0
51.2
64.8
41.1
55.9
82.8
38.3
Melanoma of the skin
2.7
4.0
1.7
3.0
4.5
1.9
0.5
0.5
0.5
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
6.5
8.3
5.2
6.8
8.6
5.4
4.5
5.8
3.6
Oral cavity and pharynx
2.5
3.9
1.4
2.4
3.7
1.4
3.3
5.7
1.6
Ovary
8.2
X
8.2
8.6
X
8.6
6.6
X
6.6
Pancreas
10.8
12.5
9.4
10.6
12.4
9.1
14.0
15.7
12.7
Prostate
23.5
23.5
X
21.6
21.6
X
52.0
52.0
X
Stomach
3.6
5.0
2.6
3.1
4.4
2.2
6.9
10.4
4.6
Testis
0.2
0.2
X
0.2
0.2
X
0.1
0.1
X
Thyroid
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.6
Urinary bladder
4.4
7.6
2.2
4.5
8.0
2.2
3.8
5.4
2.8

US Mortality Files, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Std Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130).

X - Statistic not shown. Rate based on fewer than 25 cases for the year 2007.

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Page last reviewed: April 28, 2011

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