- 1,444,920 Americans were diagnosed in 2007.
- 559,650 died of cancer in 2007.
- $206.3 billion spent on healthcare costs for cancer in 2006.
- 47 million Americans lack health insurance.
A bar chart shows continuing growth in the estimated number of new U.S. cancer cases,
highlighting the figures of 1,228,600 in 1998, 1,284,900 in 2002, and 1,444,920 in 2007.
The full listing of the numbers of new cases in the chart:
1998: 1,228,600
1999: 1,221,800
2000: 1,220,100
2001: 1,268,000
2002: 1,284,900
2003: 1,334,100
2004: 1,368,030
2005: 1,372,910
2006: 1,399,790
2007: 1,444,920
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