Cancer
(Data are for the U.S.)
Morbidity
- Numbers of noninstitutionalized adults who have ever been diagnosed with cancer: 16.4 million
- Percent of noninstitutionalized adults who have ever been diagnosed with cancer: 7.3%
Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007, Tables 5, 6
Health care use
Ambulatory care
- Number of ambulatory care visits: 24.6 million
Source: Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2006, Table 4
Hospital inpatient care
- Number of discharges with cancer as first-listed diagnosis: 1.2 million
- Average length of stay: 6.5 days
Source: 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Tables 2, 4
Home health care
- Number of current patients with cancer as primary diagnosis: 67,100
- Percent of current patients with cancer as primary diagnosis: 5.0%
Source: 2000 National Home and Hospice Care Survey, Current Home Health Care Patients, Table 12
Hospice care
- Number of current patients with cancer as primary diagnosis: 55,500
- Percent of current patients with cancer as primary diagnosis: 52%
Source: 2000 National Home and Hospice Care Survey, Current Hospice Patients, Table 12
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 559,312
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 188.7
- Cause of death rank: 2
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Table B
More data
- Cancer incidence rates by sex, race, and Hispanic origin, 1990-2005 Health, United States, 2008, Table 52
- Cancer survival rates for selected cancer sites by sex and race, 1975-1977 through 1996-2004 Health, United States, 2008, Table 53
- Discharges in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses: 1990-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 103
- Discharges and average length of stay in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses: 1990-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 104
- Death rates for cancer by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age, 1950-2005 Health, United States, 2008, Table 37
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