How Many People Have Cancer WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on How Many People Have Cancer
A number of organizations provide statistics that give an idea as to how many people have cancer. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from 2002 through 2004 the two most common forms of cancer were of the prostate and breast. The organization also ranks Maine as the state with the most cancer cases during the same time period.1
Fast Facts:
- In 2005, it is estimated that over 10 million Amercians had some form of cancer.2
- About 1,500 people die of cancer each day.3
- About 3,400 people are diagnosed with cancer each day.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: United States Cancer Statistics
- ↑ American Cancer Society: How Many People Have Cancer?
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 About.com: How Many People Die of Cancer Each Day?
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 13, 2009
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Cancer Statistics, Statistics of Cancer, How Many People Suffer from Cancer, How Common is Cancer, Cancer Prevalence, Prevalence of Cancer
- Last update: Nov. 13, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
