Estimated Number of New Cancer Cases and Deaths by Sex, U.S., 2013

Estimated Number* of New Cancer Cases and Deaths by Sex, U.S., 2013*

	Estimated New Cases			Estimated Deaths
	Both Sexes	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Male	Female
All sites	1,660,290	854,790	805,500	580,350	306,920	273,430
Oral cavity & pharynx	41,380	29,620	11,760	7,890	5,500	2,390
Esophagus	17,990	14,440	3,550	15,210	12,220	2,990
Stomach	21,600	13,230	8,370	10,990	6,740	4,250
Colon†	102,480	50,090	52,390	50,830	26,300	24,530
Rectum	40,340	23,590	16,750
Liver & intrahepatic bile duct	30,640	22,720	7,920	21,670	14,890	6,780
Pancreas	45,220	22,740	22,480	38,460	19,480	18,980
Lung & bronchus	228,190	118,080	110,110	159,480	87,260	72,220
Melanoma-skin	76,690	45,060	31,630	9,480	6,280	3,200
Breast	234,580	2,240	232,340	40,030	410	39,620
Uterine corpus	49,560		49,560	8,190		8,190
Ovary	22,240		22,240	14,030		14,030
Prostate	238,590	238,590		29,720	29,720
Urinary bladder	72,570	54,610	17,960	15,210	10,820	4,390
Kidney & renal pelvis	65,150	40,430	24,720	13,680	8,780	4,900
Brain & other nervous system	23,130	12,770	10,360	14,080	7,930	6,150
Thyroid	60,220	14,910	45,310	1,850	810	1,040
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	69,740	37,600	32,140	19,020	10,590	8,430
Leukemia	48,610	27,880	20,730	23,720	13,660	10,060

*Rounded to the nearest 10; estimated new cases exclude basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers and in situ carcinomas except urinary bladder. About 64,640 carcinoma in situ of the female breast and 61,300 melanoma in situ will be newly diagnosed in 2013.

† Estimated deaths for colon and rectal cancers are combined.

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