Estimated New Cases | Estimated Deaths | |||||
Both Sexes | Male | Female | Both Sexes | Male | Female | |
All Sites | 1,359,150 | 764,300 | 594,850 | 554,740 | 292,300 | 262,440 |
Oral cavity & Pharynx | 29,490 | 20,100 | 9,390 | 8,260 | 5,380 | 2,880 |
Lip | 3,190 | 2,500 | 690 | 110 | 80 | 30 |
Tongue | 5,900 | 4,000 | 1,900 | 1,750 | 1,100 | 650 |
Mouth | 11,300 | 7,200 | 4,100 | 2,400 | 1,300 | 1,100 |
Pharynx | 9,100 | 6,400 | 2,700 | 4,000 | 2,900 | 1,100 |
Digestive organs | 222,500 | 117,800 | 104,700 | 125,410 | 67,190 | 58,220 |
Esophagus | 12,300 | 9,400 | 2,900 | 11,200 | 8,500 | 2,700 |
Stomach | 22,800 | 14,000 | 8,800 | 14,000 | 8,300 | 5,700 |
Small intestine | 4,600 | 2,400 | 2,200 | 1,140 | 540 | 600 |
Large intestine (colon) | 94,500 | 45,500 | 49,000 | 46,400 | 22,700 | 23,700 |
Rectum | 39,000 | 22,100 | 16,900 | 8,500 | 4,700 | 3,800 |
Liver and biliary passages | 19,900 | 10,800 | 9,100 | 15,200 | 8,400 | 6,800 |
Pancreas | 26,300 | 12,400 | 13,900 | 27,800 | 13,600 | 14,200 |
Other & unspecified digestive | 3,100 | 1,200 | 1,900 | 1,170 | 450 | 720 |
Respiratory system | 193,900 | 112,200 | 81,700 | 164,380 | 98,550 | 65,830 |
Larynx | 11,600 | 9,200 | 2,400 | 4,250 | 3,300 | 950 |
Lung | 177,000 | 98,900 | 78,100 | 158,700 | 94,400 | 64,300 |
Other unspecified respiratory | 5,300 | 4,100 | 1,200 | 1,430 | 850 | 580 |
Bone | 2,500 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,380 | 770 | 610 |
Connective tissue | 6,400 | 3,500 | 2,900 | 3,700 | 1,800 | 1,900 |
Melanoma of skin | 38,300 | 21,800 | 16,500 | 7,300 | 4,600 | 2,700 |
Breast | 185,700 | 1,400 | 184,300 | 44,560 | 260 | 44 300 |
Reproductive organs | 407,800 | 325,700 | 82,100 | 68,890 | 41,990 | 26,900 |
Cervix uteri | 15,700 | -- | 15,700 | 4,900 | -- | 4,900 |
Corpus uteri & unspecified | 34,000 | -- | 34,000 | 6,000 | -- | 6,000 |
Ovary | 26,700 | -- | 26,700 | 14,800 | -- | 14,800 |
Other & unspecified reproductive, female | 5,700 | -- | 5,700 | 1,200 | -- | 1,200 |
Prostate | 317,100 | 317,100 | -- | 41,400 | 41,400 | -- |
Testis | 7,400 | 7,400 | -- | 370 | 370 | -- |
Other & unspecified reproductive, male | 1,200 | 1,200 | -- | 220 | 220 | -- |
Urinary organs | 83,500 | 56,800 | 26,700 | 23,700 | 15,100 | 8,600 |
Bladder | 52,900 | 38,300 | 14,600 | 11,700 | 7,800 | 3,900 |
Kidney & other urinary | 30,600 | 18,500 | 12,100 | 12,000 | 7,300 | 4,700 |
Eye | 1,930 | 1,000 | 930 | 250 | 150 | 100 |
Brain & central nervous system | 17,900 | 10,400 | 7,500 | 13,300 | 7,200 | 6,100 |
Endocrine glands | 17,030 | 4,700 | 12,330 | 1,900 | 760 | 1,140 |
Thyroid | 15,600 | 4,000 | 11,600 | 1,210 | 440 | 770 |
Other endocrine | 1,430 | 700 | 730 | 690 | 320 | 370 |
Leukemia | 27,600 | 15,300 | 12,300 | 21,000 | 11,600 | 9,400 |
Lymphocytic leukemia | 11,000 | 6,400 | 4,600 | 6,600 | 3,700 | 2,900 |
Myelocytic leuliemia | 12,800 | 6,600 | 6,200 | 8,900 | 5,000 | 3,900 |
Other unspecified leukemia | 3,800 | 2,300 | 1,500 | 5,500 | 2,900 | 2,600 |
Other blood & lymph tissues | 74,600 | 41,600 | 33,000 | 35,210 | 18,550 | 16,660 |
Hodgkin's disease | 7,500 | 4,000 | 3,500 | 1,510 | 850 | 660 |
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | 52,700 | 29,900 | 22,800 | 23,300 | 12,400 | 10,900 |
Multiple myeloma | 14,400 | 7,700 | 6,700 | 10,400 | 5,300 | 5,100 |
All other & unspecified sites | 50,000 | 30,800 | 19,200 | 35,500 | 18,400 | 17,100 |
* excludes basal and squamous cell skin cancers and in situ carcinomas except bladder. Carcinoma in situ of the breast accounts for about 30,000 new cases annually, and melanoma carcinoma in situ accounts for about 17,300 new cases annually.
Basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers account for more than 800,000 new cases annually. About 2,100 non melanoma skin cancer deaths are included among the deaths from cancer of other and unspecified sites which are expected to occur in 1996.
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