cancer - Classification - Adult cancers
In the U.S. and other developed countries, cancer is presently responsible for about 25% of all deaths. "CACancerJClin2005-Jemal" On a yearly basis, 0.5% of the population is diagnosed with cancer. The statistics below are for adults in the United States, and will vary substantially in other countries:
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! colspan="2" | Male
! colspan="2" | Female
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cause of death
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cause of death |
| - |
| prostate cancer (33%) |
lung cancer (31%) |
breast cancer (32%) |
lung cancer (27%) |
| - |
| lung cancer (13%) |
prostate cancer (10%) |
lung cancer (12%) |
breast cancer (15%) |
| - |
| colorectal cancer (10%) |
colorectal cancer (10%) |
colorectal cancer (11%) |
colorectal cancer (10%) |
| - |
| bladder cancer (7%) |
pancreatic cancer (5%) |
endometrial cancer (6%) |
ovarian cancer (6%) |
| - |
| cutaneous melanoma (5%) |
leukemia (4%) |
non-Hodgkin lymphoma (4%) |
pancreatic cancer (6%) |
| } |
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