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Cancer statistics, 2019

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Siegel, Rebecca L., Miller, Kimberly D., Jemal, Ahmedin·2019·CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Abstract

Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the numbers of new cancer cases and deaths that will occur in the United States and compiles the most recent data on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival. Incidence data, available through 2015, were collected by the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program; the National Program of Cancer Registries; and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. Mortality data, available through 2016, were collected by the National Center for Health Statistics. In 2019, 1,762,450 new cancer cases and 606,880 cancer deaths are projected to occur in the United States. Over the past decade of data, the cancer incidence rate (2006‐2015) was stable in women and declined by approximately 2% per year in men, whereas the cancer death rate (2007‐2016) declined annually by 1.4% and 1.8%, respectively. The overall cancer death rate dropped continuously from 1991 to 2016 by a total of 27%, translating into approximately 2,629,200 fewer cancer deaths than would have been expected if death rates had remained at their peak. Although the racial gap in cancer mortality is slowly narrowing, socioeconomic inequalities are widening, with the most notable gaps for the most preventable cancers. For example, compared with the most affluent counties, mortality rates in the poorest counties were 2‐fold higher for cervical cancer and 40% higher for male lung and liver cancers during 2012‐2016. Some states are home to both the wealthiest and the poorest counties, suggesting the opportunity for more equitable dissemination of effective cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment strategies. A broader application of existing cancer control knowledge with an emphasis on disadvantaged groups would undoubtedly accelerate progress against cancer.

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Authors
Siegel, R. L., Miller, K. D., & Jemal, A.
Affiliations
American Cancer Society (US)
Corresponding author
Siegel, Rebecca L.
Venue
CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2019-01
Volume
69
Issue
1
Pages
7-34
ISSN
  • 0007-9235 (ISSN-L)
  • 1542-4863
OpenAlex
W2911188335
Cited by
20,160
References
81
Citations by year
2026: 194 · 2025: 659 · 2024: 1359 · 2023: 1872 · 2022: 2727 · 2021: 4743 · 2020: 6235 · 2019: 2341 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
1689.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
American Cancer Society
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
Keywords
cancer incidence, cancer mortality, cancer survival, cancer projections, racial disparities in cancer mortality, socioeconomic disparities, county-level disparities, cervical cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, cancer control, cancer prevention, early detection
MeSH terms
American Cancer Society, Ethnicity, Female, Humans, Male, Neoplasms, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Incidence, Survival Rate, Health Status Disparities, Healthcare Disparities

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