2004 | Ahmedin Jemal DVM, PhD; Ram C. Tiwari, PhD; Taylor Murray; Asma Ghafoor, MPH; Alicia Samuels, MPH; Elizabeth Ward, PhD; Eric J. Feuer, PhD; Michael J. Thun, MD, MS
The article provides an overview of cancer statistics for the United States in 2004, including incidence and mortality rates. It estimates that there will be 1,368,030 new cancer cases and 563,700 deaths in the country. Incidence rates for men stabilized from 1996 to 2000 but continued to increase among women by 0.4% annually from 1987 to 2000. Mortality rates have decreased by 1.5% annually since 1992 among men and stabilized from 1998 to 2000 among women. Lung, bronchus, colon and rectum, and prostate cancers are the leading causes of cancer death among men, while breast and colorectal cancers are the most common among women. African-American men and women have higher death rates from all cancers combined compared to White men and women. Cancer incidence and mortality rates are lower in other racial and ethnic groups but they have higher rates for stomach, liver, and cervical cancers. The article also discusses trends in cancer incidence and mortality rates, survival rates, and racial disparities in cancer outcomes.The article provides an overview of cancer statistics for the United States in 2004, including incidence and mortality rates. It estimates that there will be 1,368,030 new cancer cases and 563,700 deaths in the country. Incidence rates for men stabilized from 1996 to 2000 but continued to increase among women by 0.4% annually from 1987 to 2000. Mortality rates have decreased by 1.5% annually since 1992 among men and stabilized from 1998 to 2000 among women. Lung, bronchus, colon and rectum, and prostate cancers are the leading causes of cancer death among men, while breast and colorectal cancers are the most common among women. African-American men and women have higher death rates from all cancers combined compared to White men and women. Cancer incidence and mortality rates are lower in other racial and ethnic groups but they have higher rates for stomach, liver, and cervical cancers. The article also discusses trends in cancer incidence and mortality rates, survival rates, and racial disparities in cancer outcomes.