Cancer

Data are for the U.S.

Morbidity
  • Percent of adults who have ever been diagnosed with cancer: 9.7% (2023)

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Ambulatory care visits
  • Number of visits to physician offices with neoplasms as the primary diagnosis: 26.3 million

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  • Percent of visits to physician offices with cancer indicated on the medical record: 10.4%

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2019 National Summary Tables, table 16 [PDF – 865 KB]

Long-term care services
  • Percent of adult day services center participants diagnosed with cancer: 3.6%

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  • Percent of residential care community residents diagnosed with cancer: 6.1%

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Mortality
  • Number of deaths: 608,371
  • Deaths per 100,000 population: 182.5
  • Cause of death rank: 2

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