Prevalence and Incidence of Digestive system cancer
Digestive system cancer Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Digestive system cancer:
255,640 new cases for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004) ... see also overview of Digestive system cancer.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 1,063 or 0.09% or 255,640 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "255,640 new cases for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Digestive system cancer:
255,640 per year,
21,303 per month,
4,916 per week,
700 per day,
29 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "255,640 new cases for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence of types of Digestive system cancer:
For details see incidence of types of Digestive system cancer analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:
- Stomach cancer: 21,600 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate); about 24,000 annual cases in the United States (NCI)
- Small intestine cancer: 5,300 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate)
- Colon cancer: 148,300 annual cases = 107,300 annual cases of colon cancer and 41,000 annual cases of rectum cancer(SEER 2002 estimate)
- Colorectal cancer: 148,300 annual cases = 107,300 annual cases of colon cancer and 41,000 annual cases of rectum cancer(SEER 2002 estimate)
- Rectal cancer: 40,570 new cases for rectum cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- Gall Bladder Cancer: 7,100 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate: gallbladder and other biliary)
- Pancreatic cancer: 30,300 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate)
- more types of Digestive system cancer...»
Incidence statistics for Digestive system cancer:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Digestive system cancer:
- 135,410 new male cases for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 120,230 new female cases for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- more statistics...»
Death statistics for Digestive system cancer:
The following statistics relate to deaths and Digestive system cancer:
- 73,240 estimated male deaths for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 61,600 estimated female deaths for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- more statistics...»
More Statistics about Digestive system cancer:
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Prevalence/Incidence of Digestive system cancer: Online Medical Books
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Malignant spinal neoplasms:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Primary tumors of the spinal cord may be extramedullary (occurring outside the spinal cord) or intramedullary (occurring within the cord itself). Extramedullary tumors may be intradural (meningiomas and schwannomas), which account for 60% of all primary malignant spinal cord neoplasms, or extradural (metastatic tumors from breasts, lungs, prostate, leukemia, or lymphomas), which account for 25% of these malignant neoplasms.
Intramedullary tumors, or gliomas (astrocytomas or ependymomas), are comparatively rare, accounting for only about 10%. In children, they're low-grade astrocytomas.
Spinal cord tumors are rare compared with intracranial tumors (ratio of 1:4). They occur equally in men and women, with the exception of meningiomas, which occur mostly in women. Spinal cord tumors can occur anywhere along the length of the cord or its roots.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Digestive system cancer usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Digestive system cancer at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Digestive system cancer refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Digestive system cancer diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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