The United States Cancer Statistics: 2006 Incidence and Mortality Report (USCS) connects cancer registry data from CDC's national program of cancer registries and the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program, one new set of official statistics to produce about cancer incidence (newly diagnosed cases) for a single year.
This report provides state-specific and regional data for cancer cases diagnosed and occurred for deaths from cancer in 2006, the latest year for which incidence data are available.
Most of the statistics presented on this website USCS is based on data.
United States Cancer Statistics (USCS)
1999-2006 cancer incidence and mortality data
This includes Web-based reporting in official statistics on cancer incidence from registries that high-quality data and cancer mortality statistics for each year and have combined 2002-2006. It is used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), in cooperation with the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) is produced.
Cancer statistics by demographic
According to the CDC's Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, life expectancy and overall health have improved in recent years for most Americans. Despite this, not all Americans are benefiting equally. CDC monitors trends, and identify patterns in cancer incidence and mortality and to suffer disproportionately affected by the disease. Making cancer screening, information and referral services can be available and accessible for all Americans reduce the high rates of cancer and deaths from cancer. For more information, visit Health Disparities in Cancer.
The following pages show statistics cancer for men, women, children, people of different races and ethnicities, and people in different geographical areas of the United States, data from the United States Cancer Statistics: 2006 Incidence and Mortality Web-based report is .
Cancer statistics by type of cancer
Every year cancer makes the lives of more than half a million Americans. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, surpassed only by heart disease. One in four deaths in the United States due to cancer. Under U.S. Cancer Statistics: 2006 Incidence and Mortality Report, 559.880 people about 1,500 people a day died of cancer in the United States in 2006.
The following pages show cancer statistics for the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States based on data from the United States Cancer Statistics: 2006 Incidence and Mortality Web-based report.
