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| Cancer Facts & Figures 2001 |
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File name
F&F2001.pdf |
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Format
Adobe Acrobat |
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391KB |
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| About the Document |
Cancer Facts & Figures conveys the Society's annual estimates of expected numbers of new cancer cases and deaths. (This year's edition has a special section on obesity.)
Highlights of Cancer Facts & Figures 2001:
- The five-year relative survival rate for all cancers combined is 60%, an increase of 1% from the report in 2000.
- The National Institutes of Health estimate for overall cost of cancer in the year 2000 is at an all time high of $180.2 billion.
- Lung cancer remains the number one cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. with an estimated 157,400 deaths expected in 2001.
A special section on obesity (pages 20-27) provides an overview on the adverse effects of obesity on a wide range of health problems. The section highlights accumulating evidence that suggests that obesity increases the risk for cancers of the breast, endometrium (uterine corpus), cervix, ovary, gallbladder, colon, and prostate. The increases in obesity in the U.S. over the past two decades are likely to increase cancer deaths in those cancers associated with obesity.
Also included in this section is information on:
- The obesity epidemic in the U.S.,
- Trends in obesity since 1971,
- Obesity trends by state,
- Obesity prevalence by gender,
- Demographic and behavioral characteristics,
- Factors influencing obesity; and
- Suggested public health and public policy approaches to reduce the prevalence of obesity.
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