Abstract
This report provides, in tabular and graphic form, official federal statistics on the occurrence of cancer for 2012 and trends for 1999-2012 as reported by CDC and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) (1). Cancer incidence data are from population-based cancer registries that participate in CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program reported as of November 2014. Cancer mortality data are from death certificate information reported to state vital statistics offices through 2012 and compiled into a national file for the entire United States by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics' (NCHS) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). This report is a part of the Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbreaks - United States, which encompasses various surveillance years but is being published in 2016 (2). The Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbreaks appears in the same volume of MMWR as the annual Summary of Notifiable Infectious Diseases (3).
Highlights
Cancer comprises a diverse mix of diseases occurring in every part of the body and is a leading cause of death in the United States [4]
Mortality data from malignant neoplasms as recorded in the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) from the 50 states and District of Columbia (DC) are available in U.S Cancer Statistics (USCS), and 100% of the U.S population is covered each year
Registry-specific data quality information is available at http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/uscs/pdf/uscs-2012-technical-notes.pdf#nameddest=RegistriesPubCriteria
Summary
Cancer comprises a diverse mix of diseases occurring in every part of the body and is a leading cause of death in the United States [4]. All cancer sites combined, male and female — United States, 1999–2012 700 Colorectal cancer, male and female — United States, 1999–2012
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