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Estimated Cancer Deaths by Gender, US, 2001*

TABLE 4

CA Cancer J Clin 2001;51:23

  Total Male Female
All Sites 553,400 286,100 267,300
Oral Cavity & Pharynx 7,800 5,100 2,700
Tongue 1,700 1,100 600
Mouth 2,300 1,300 1,000
Pharynx 2,100 1,500 600
Other oral cavity 1,700 1,200 500
Digestive System 131,300 70,100 61,200
Esophagus 12,500 9,500 3,000
Stomach 12,800 7,400 5,400
Small intestine 1,100 600 500
Colon 48,100 23,000 25,100
Rectum 8,600 4,700 3,900
Anus, anal canal, & anorectum 500 200 300
Liver & intrahepatic bile duct 14,100 8,900 5,200
Gallbladder & other biliary 3,300 1,200 2,100
Pancreas 28,900 14,100 14,800
Other digestive organs 1,400 500 900
Respiratory System 162,500 93,900 68,600
Larynx 4,000 3,100 900
Lung & bronchus 157,400 90,100 67,300
Other respiratory organs 1,100 700 400
Bones & Joints 1,400 800 600
Soft Tissue (Including Heart) 4,400 2,100 2,300
Skin (Excluding Basal & Squamous) 9,800 6,300 3,500
Melanoma-skin 7,800 5,000 2,800
Other non-epithelial skin 2,000 1,300 700
Breast 40,600 400 40,200
Genital System 58,500 32,200 26,300
Uterine cervix 4,400 4,400
Uterine corpus 6,600 6,600
Ovary 13,900 13,900
Vulva 800 800
Vagina & other genital, female 600 600
Prostate 31,500 31,500
Testis 400 400
Penis & other genital, male 300 300
Urinary System 25,000 16,100 8,900
Urinary bladder 12,400 8,300 4,100
Kidney & renal pelvis 12,100 7,500 4,600
Ureter & other urinary organs 500 300 200
Eye & Orbit 200 100 100
Brain & Other Nervous System 13,100 7,200 5,900
Endocrine System 2,300 1,000 1,300
Thyroid 1,300 500 800
Other endocrine 1,000 500 500
Lymphoma 27,600 14,500 13,100
Hodgkin's disease 1,300 700 600
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 26,300 13,800 12,500
Multiple Myeloma 11,200 5,800 5,400
Leukemia 21,500 12,000 9,500
Acute lymphocytic leukemia 1,400 800 600
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia 4,600 2,700 1,900
Acute myeloid leukemia 7,200 3,900 3,300
Chronic myeloid leukemia 2,300 1,300 1,000
Other leukemia 6,000 3,300 2,700
Other & Unspecified Primary Sites 36,200 18,500 17,700


*Rounded to the nearest 100.
Excludes in situ carcinomas except urinary bladder.

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