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Cancer Statistics

Lung cancer remains the No. 1 cause of cancer death in the United States, with an estimated 156,900 deaths expected this year. From 1992 to 1996, mortality rates from lung cancer declined significantly among men while rates for women were still increasing. Although tobacco use among adults has declined, tobacco use in young people continues to increase.

An estimated 180,400 new cases of prostate cancer are expected this year, and an estimated 31,900 men are expected to die of the disease, which ranks as the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Prostate cancer remains significantly higher in black men than in white men.

An estimated 182,800 new invasive cases of female breast cancer are expected this year, and about 40,800 women are expected to die of the disease--the second major cause of death from cancer in women. The leading cancer death among women is lung cancer. For more information, visit the American Cancer Society's Web site at www.cancer.org.

Leading Sites of New Cancer Cases and Deaths--2000 Estimates(*)

Cancer Cases by Site and Sex

Male                   Female

Prostate               Breast
180,400                182,800

Lung & bronchus        Lung & bronchus
89,500                 74,600

Colon & rectum         Colon & rectum
63,600                 66,600

Urinary bladder        Uterine corpus
38,300                 36,100

Non-Hodgkin's          Non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma               lymphoma
31,700                 23,200

Melanoma of the skin   Ovary
27,300                 23,100

Oral cavity            Melanoma of the skin
20,200                 20,400

Kidney                 Urinary bladder
18,800                 14,900

Leukemia               Pancreas
16,900                 14,600

Pancreas               Thyroid
13,700                 13,700

All Sites              All Sites
619,700                600,400

Cancer Deaths by Site and Sex

Male              Female

Lung & bronchus   Lung & bronchus
89,300            89,300

Prostate          Breast
31,900            40,800

Colon & rectum    Colon & rectum
27,800            28,500

Pancreas          Pancreas
13,700            14,500

Non-Hodgkin's     Ovary
lymphoma          14,000
13,700

Leukemia          Non-Hodgkin's
12,100            lymphoma
                  12,400

Esophagus         Leukemia
9,200             9,600

Liver             Uterine corpus
8,500             6,500

Urinary bladder   Brain
8,100             5,900

Stomach           Stomach
7,600             5,400

All Sites         All Sites
284,100           268,100

(*) Excludes basal and squamous cell skin cancer and in situ carcinomas except urinary bladder.

[C] 2000, American Cancer Society, Inc., Surveillance Research

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