NATIONWIDE
CANCER E X ACTS A MA SSIVE TOLL IN TERMS OF BOTH SUFFERING
AND HE ALTHCARE COSTS, BUT MORTALIT Y R ATES HAVE DECLINED.
A Survival Disparity
Men in the United States are markedly
more likely than women to die of cancer.
SIGNS OF HOPE
The U.S. death rate from cancer
declined 25 percent from 1990–2014.
MORE THAN
600,000
PEOPLE
WILL DIE FROM
CANCER-REL ATED
CAUSES IN 2018.
ABOUT
1.7 MILLION
NE W CA SES OF CANCER WILL
BE DIAGNOSED THIS YE AR.
NE ARLY
TWO IN FIVE MEN AND WOMEN
WILL FACE A CANCER DIAGNOSIS AT SOME POINT.
WORLDWIDE
CANCER KILL S MORE THAN
8 MILLION
PEOPLE ANNUALLY.
POOR
NUTRITION,
USE OF TOBACCO
AND ALCOHOL,
HIGH BODY
MA SS INDE X,
AND L ACK
OF E XERCISE
ACCOUNT FOR
A THIRD
OF CANCER
DE ATHS.
MORE THAN
ONE-FIFTH
OF CANCER DE ATHS ARE
LINKED TO TOBACCO.
Sources: National Cancer Institute, CDC,
World Health Organization
ANNUAL
DECRE A SES IN
U.S. CANCER
MORTALIT Y
R ATES BY SE X,
2006–2015
1.4% | WOMEN
1.8% | MEN
2017
HE
ALTHCARE
COSTS
REL
ATED
TO
CANCER
TOTALED
MORE
THAN
$147
BILLION.
CANCER CARE
SPENDING E XCEEDS
$1 TRILLION
E ACH YE AR.
KENTUCKY BLUES
Kentucky has the highest
incidence of all cancers combined —
513.7 per 100,000 residents — of
any state. It also has the highest
all-cancer mortality rate —
199.1 per 100,000.
CANCER KILLS APPROXIMATELY
197 PER 100,000 MEN,
COMPARED WITH
140 PER 100,000 WOMEN.
New Mexico
has the lowest
incidence, at
369.9 per 100,000,
and Utah has the
lowest mortality rate,
at 127.8 per 100,000.
Spotlight on Oncology
BY STEVE BARRETT
