SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1973-1999 
National Cancer Institute

Table I-3 Summary of Changes in Cancer Incidence and Mortality, 1950-99 and 5-Year Relative Survival Rates, 1950-98 Both Sexes, By Primary Cancer Site

A=Estimated Cancer Cases in 1999, All Races[1]
B=Actual Cancer Deaths in 1999, All Races[2]
C=Incidence[4] Total, Percent Change [3] 1950-99 for whites
D=Incidence EAPC, Percent Change 1950-99 for whites
E=U.S.Mortality[5] Total, Percent Change 1950-99 for whites
F=U.S. Mortality EAPC, Percent Change 1950-99 for whites
G=5-Year Relative Survival Rates (Percent)[6] 1950-54
H=5-Year Relative Survival Rates (Percent) 1992-98

			  All Races  	                  Whites                    .
			A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
Oral cavity and Pharynx	29,800	7,486 	-44.6	-0.7	-46.9	-1.0	46	58.8
Esophagus		12,500 	11,917 	0.7 	0.3 	26.8 	0.6 	4 	14.7
Stomach			21,900 	12,711 	-77.8 	-2.5 	-83.0 	-3.6	12 	20.9
Colon and Rectum	129,400	57,155	-2.1	-0.2	-39.7	-1.0	37	62.6
Colon			94,700 	48,433 	11.2 	0.1 	-26.6 	-0.5 	41 	62.7
Rectum			34,700 	8,722 	-23.9 	-0.7 	-68.8 	-2.7	40 	62.4
Liver and Intrahep	14,500	15,972 	206.7	1.9	21.5	0.5	1	6.5
Pancreas		28,600 	29,081 	3.7 	0.0 	19.3 	0.1 	1 	4.3
Larynx			10,600 	3,815 	28.6 	0.1 	-21.0 	-0.4 	52 	65.9
Lung and Bronchus	171,600	152,480 227.9	2.1	248.2	2.3	6	15.0
Males			94,000 	89,707 	149.0 	1.1 	180.5 	1.6	5 	13.3
Females			77,600 	62,773 	571.5 	4.2 	600.6 	4.6	9 	17.0
Melanomas of skin	44,200	7,215 	506.7	4.1	161.8	1.9	49	89.3
Breast (females)	175,000 41,144 	62.9 	1.3 	-19.8 	-0.2 	60 	87.6
Cervix uteri		12,800	4,204 	-80.4	-2.7	-78.4	-3.5	59	72.1
Corpus and Uterus, NOS	37,400	6,468	1.8	-0.5	-68.9	-2.2	72	86.0
Ovary			25,200 	14,035 	-1.2 	0.2 	-2.2 	-0.3 	30 	52.5
Prostate		179,300 31,728 	206.1 	3.2 	-8.2 	0.3	43 	97.8
Testis			7,400	378 	144.6 	1.9 	-68.8 	-3.0	57 	95.7
Urinary bladder		54,200	12,205	54.7	0.9	-34.8	-1.1	53	82.3
Kidney and Renal pelvis	30,000	11,461 	128.3	1.9	29.0	0.6	34	62.4
Brain and Other nervous	16,800	12,765 	112.9	1.1	49.3	0.6	21	31.5
Thyroid			18,100 	1,241 	169.2 	1.9 	-49.1 	-1.7	80 	96.0
Hodgkin's disease	7,200	1,403	2.1	0.1 	-73.6	-3.3	30	84.7
Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas	56,800	22,612	189.8	2.8	128.1	1.6	33	56.1
Multiple myeloma	13,700	10,565 	183.2	1.6	211.4	1.8	6	29.5
Leukemias		30,200 	21,014 	2.0 	0.2 	-3.9 	-0.4 	10 	47.3
Childhood(0-14 yrs)	8,400	1,498	44.3	0.8 	-69.0	-2.7	20	78.6
All Sites	    1,221,800	549,829 58.7	1.0	0.2	0.1	35	63.8

The EAPC is the Estimated Annual Percent Change over the time interval. 
Rates used in the calculation of the EAPC are age-adjusted to the 1970 U.S. standard population.
[1]	Facts and Figures, 1998. American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, 1998. 
[2]	NCHS public use data file.
[3]	All Sites, Liver & Intrahep, Brain & Other nervous and Childhood cancers are for all races 
	as opposed to whites.
[4]	Data prior to 1973 are from Devesa, Silverman, Young, et al. Cancer Incidence and Mortality Trends 
	Among Whites in the United States, 1947-84. JNCI 1987; 79:701-770 with the exception of All Sites, 
	Liver & Intrahep, Brain & Other nervous and Childhood cancers which come from historical Connecticut 
	data. Data for 1973-98 are from the same areas used in Devesa or the Connecticut registry of the 
	SEER Program.
[5]	NCHS public use tape. Due to coding changes throughout the years: Colon excludes other digestive tract; 
        Rectum includes anal canal; Liver & Intrahep includes gallbladder & biliary tract, NOS; 
        Lung & Bronchus includes trachea & pleura; Ovary includes fallopian tube; Urinary bladder includes other 
        urinary organs; Kidney & Renal pelvis includes ureter; NHL and Multiple myeloma each include a small number 
        of leukemias; NHL includes a small number of ill-defined sites.
[6]	Rates for 1950-54 are from NCI Survival Report 5 with the exception of All Sites, Oral cavity & Pharynx, 
        Colon & Rectum, Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and Childhood cancers which come from historical Connecticut data. 
        Rates for 1992-98 are from the SEER Program with the exception of the sites just listed which come from the 
        Connecticut registry of the SEER Program.

Table I-2 50-Year Trends in the US Cancer Death Rates

All Primary Cancer Sites Combined

				   Estimated 	Total
				    Annual	Percent
Age 				Percent Change	Change
Group 	1950 	1975 	1999 	1950-75 1975-99 1950-99
0-4 	11.1 	5.2 	2.6 	-2.8 	-2.9 	-76.9
5-14 	6.7 	4.8 	2.6 	-1.0 	-2.8 	-61.5
15-24 	8.6 	6.6 	4.6 	-0.7 	-1.7 	-46.7
25-34 	20.4 	15.1 	10.6 	-1.2 	-1.1 	-48.3
35-44 	63.6 	53.3 	37.5 	-0.4 	-1.4 	-41.1
45-54 	174.2 	178.0 	130.8 	0.2 	-1.3 	-24.9
55-64 	391.3 	420.2 	379.9 	0.3 	-0.4 	-2.9
65-74 	710.0 	778.7 	836.2 	0.4 	0.4 	17.8
75-84	1167.2 	1160.9 	1341.4 	0.0 	0.6 	14.9
85+ 	1450.7 	1437.9 	1800.0 	-0.2 	0.8 	24.1
All Ages 195.4 	199.1 	202.8 	0.1 	0.1 	3.8

source: http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1973_1999/sections.html 13sep02

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