Prevalence and Incidence of Stomach cancer
Stomach cancer: Rare Disease
Stomach cancer is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Stomach cancer, or a subtype of Stomach cancer,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Ophanet, who are a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Stomach cancer as a "rare disease".
More information about Stomach cancer is available from Orphanet
Stomach cancer Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Stomach cancer:
21,600 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate); about 24,000 annual cases in the United States (NCI) ... see also overview of Stomach cancer.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 12,592 or 0.01% or 21,600 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "21,600 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate); about 24,000 annual cases in the United States (NCI)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Stomach cancer:
21,599 per year,
1,799 per month,
415 per week,
59 per day,
2 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "21,600 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate); about 24,000 annual cases in the United States (NCI)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Lifetime risk for Stomach cancer:
1 in 99 men will develop stomach cancer during their lifetime in Australia 2000 (AIHW and AACR, AIHW National Mortality Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Incidence of Stomach cancer:
Each year, about 24,000 people in the United States learn
that they have cancer
of the stomach. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Stomach Cancer: NCI)
Incidence statistics for Stomach cancer:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Stomach cancer:
- 22,710 new cases for stomach cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 13,640 new male cases for stomach cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 9,070 new female cases for stomach cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- Stomach cancer incidence statistics by race and gender groups in the USA:
- 11.2 white men per 100,000 in the US 1996-2000 (SEER Cancer Statistics Review, National Cancer Institute, 1975-2000)
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Death statistics for Stomach cancer:
The following statistics relate to deaths and Stomach cancer:
- 11,780 estimated deaths for stomach cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 6,900 estimated male deaths for stomach cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 4,880 estimated female deaths for stomach cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 1,150 deaths in men from stomach cancer in Canada 2004 (Canadian Cancer Statistics, National Cancer Institute of Canada, 2004)
- 750 deaths in women from stomach cancer in Canada 2004 (Canadian Cancer Statistics, National Cancer Institute of Canada, 2004)
- 7 per 100,000 deaths in men from stomach cancer in Canada 2004 (Canadian Cancer Statistics, National Cancer Institute of Canada, 2004)
- 3 per 100,000 deaths in women from stomach cancer in Canada 2004 (Canadian Cancer Statistics, National Cancer Institute of Canada, 2004
- more statistics...»
More Statistics about Stomach cancer:
Deaths and related statistics
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Prevalence/Incidence of Stomach cancer: Online Medical Books
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Review excerpts from medical books online, free, without registration,
for more information about the prevalence and/or incidence of Stomach cancer.
Gastric cancer:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
The cause of gastric cancer is unknown. It's commonly associated with gastritis with gastric atrophy, which may result from gastric cancer and may not be a precursor state. Predisposing factors include environmental influences, such as smoking and high alcohol intake. Genetic factors have also been implicated because this disease occurs more commonly among people with type A blood than among those with type O; similarly, it's more common in people with a family history of gastric cancer. Dietary factors also seem related, including types of food preparation, physical properties of some foods, and certain methods of food preservation (especially smoking, pickling, or salting). There's a strong correlation between infection with Helicobacter pylori and distal gastric cancer.
Gastric cancer is common throughout the world and affects all races; however, unexplained geographic and cultural differences in incidence occur — for example, a higher mortality in Japan, Iceland, Chile, and Austria. In the United States, during the past 25 years, incidence has decreased by 50% and the resulting death rate is one-third what it was 30 years ago. Incidence is higher in males older than 40. Hispanic, Native, and African Americans are twice as likely to develop gastric cancer than Whites. The prognosis depends on the stage of the disease at the time of diagnosis; however, the overall 5-year survival rate is approximately 19%.
The decrease in gastric cancer in the United States has been attributed, without proof, to the balanced American diet and to refrigeration, which reduces nitrate-producing bacteria in food.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
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 Stomach cancer usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Stomach cancer at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Stomach cancer refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Stomach 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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