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Statistics Related to Cancer

The following page contain statistics related to cancer such as incidence, mortality rates, and cost. The sources for the statistics can be found on each individual page.

Sources:

  • 2008 Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2005
    Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2005 provides information related to incidence, death rates, and trends in the United States. Contains a special feature on trends in lung cancer and related cancer control efforts. http://seer.cancer.gov/report_to_nation/index.html
  • Fast Stats
    Interactive tool providing tables, charts, and graphs with information related to incidence, mortality, survival and stage, prevalence, and lifetime risk (probability of developing or dying from cancer).
    http://seer.cancer.gov/faststats/
  • SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2005
    Annually updated tables and graphs displaying cancer statistics by cancer site, year of diagnosis, age, race, sex, and geography, diagnosed between 1975 and 2005. Searchable cancer statistics related to incidence, mortality, survival, prevalence, and lifetime risk. http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2005/
  • Cancer Stat Fact Sheets
    Collection of statistical summaries for a number of common cancer types, with information related to incidence, mortality, survival, stage, prevalence, and lifetime risk.
    http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/

Reports:

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