Cancer
(Data are for the U.S.)
Morbidity
- Numbers of noninstitutionalized adults who have ever been diagnosed with cancer: 19.4 million
- Percent of noninstitutionalized adults who have ever been diagnosed with cancer: 8.5%
Health care use
Ambulatory care
- Number of visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with a primary diagnosis of cancer: 28.2 million
Source: Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2007: table 6 [PDF - 797 KB]
Hospital inpatient care
- Number of discharges with cancer as first-listed diagnosis: 1.3 million
- Average length of stay: 6.3 days
- Number of current patients with cancer as primary diagnosis: 58,000 (2007)
- Percent of current patients with cancer as primary diagnosis: 4.0% (2007)
Hospice care
- Number of hospice care discharges with cancer as primary diagnosis: 447,600 (2007)
- Percent of hospice care discharges with cancer as primary diagnosis: 43% (2007)
Nursing home care
- Number of residents with cancer: 108,100
- Percent of residents with cancer: 7.2%
Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 33B [PDF - 719 KB]
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 567,628
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 184.9
- Cause of death rank: 2
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, tables 9, 10, 11 [PDF - 2.1 MB]
More data
- Average length of stay in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 106 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Cancer incidence rates by sex, race, and Hispanic origin Health, United States, 2011, table 47 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Cancer survival rates for selected cancer sites by sex and race Health, United States, 2011, table 48 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Death rates for cancer by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age Health, United States, 2011, table 32 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Discharges in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 104 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Discharge rate in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 105 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Search Tables for Cancer in Health Data Interactive
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