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7.11.1: Current Rates in the U.S.
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Morbidity:
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Incidence: Nearly 2 million new cases of cancer will have been diagnosed in 2023.
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Breast cancer has the highest number of new cases at nearly 300,000. Prostate cancer is not far behind, and lung and bronchus cancer comes in 3rd.
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The lifetime probability of developing any cancer is approximately 40% (Siegel et al., 2023).
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Mortality:
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In 2023, over 600,000 people will have died from cancer.
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Lung/bronchial cancer is the deadliest type, killing approximately 127,000 individuals. The second and third leading causes of cancer deaths are colorectal (52,550) and pancreatic cancers (50,550).(Siegel et al., 2023).
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Since the mid 1980’s, cancer has caused a higher percentage of deaths for people under the age of 65 than heart disease (National Cancer Institute , n.d.).
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Cancer death rates have dropped by 33% between 1991 and 2020, largely due to reductions in smoking, earlier detection, and medical advances in treatment (American Association for Cancer Research, 2023).