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Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates -
United States, 2004
Appendices

The following tables depict the incidence and mortality rates for the cancers included in the Cancer Trends Progress Report – 2007 Update. Click on the cancer name to view additional, more detailed data for that particular cancer. For cancers not included in the tables, please visit the Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2004 (http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2004/sections.html).

Incidence

  All races Whites Blacks
Cancer Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
All cancers 457.8 534.2 405.0 466.8 537.9 417.9 493.1 637.2 396.6
Lung and bronchus 60.0 73.6 50.2 60.6 72.7 52.0 73.0 100.0 54.9
Breast 67.3 1.2 124.3 68.7 1.2 128.2 68.6 1.6 119.3
Cervix uteri 7.0 --- 7.0 6.7 --- 6.7 10.3 --- 10.3
Colorectal 48.2 56.7 41.7 47.5 56.2 40.7 59.0 70.0 51.7
Prostate 159.5 159.5 --- 155.3 155.3 --- 238.2 238.2 ---
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 20.4 24.7 17.1 21.3 25.5 17.9 17.4 22.8 13.4
Melanoma of skin 19.6 24.1 16.5 23.8 28.9 20.3 0.8 --- ---

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/).
--- Statistic not shown. Rate based on less than 25 cases for the year 2004.

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Mortality

  All races Whites Blacks
Cancer Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
All Cancers 185.7 228.3 157.0 184.1 224.8 156.4 228.1 303.5 182.8
Lung and bronchus 53.3 70.3 40.9 53.6 69.6 41.9 60.0 90.6 40.0
Breast 13.7 0.3 24.4 13.3 0.3 23.8 19.1 0.5 32.3
Cervix uteri 2.4 --- 2.4 2.2 --- 2.2 4.5 --- 4.5
Colorectal 17.9 21.6 15.2 17.4 21.1 14.7 24.8 30.2 21.2
Prostate 25.4 25.4 --- 23.4 23.4 --- 56.1 56.1 ---
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 7.0 8.8 5.7 7.3 9.2 5.9 5.0 6.2 4.1
Melanoma of skin 2.7 3.9 1.7 3.0 4.5 1.9 0.4 0.5 0.4

Source: National Center for Health Statistics data as analyzed by NCI.
Data are age-adjusted to the 2000 standard using age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-14, 15-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, 75-84, 85+. Analysis uses the 2000 Standard Population as defined by NCHS
(http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/statnt/statnt20.pdf).
--- Statistic not shown. Rate based on less than 25 cases for the year 2004.

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