CancerStatistics,2017RebeccaL.Siegel,MPH1;KimberlyD.Miller,MPH2;AhmedinJemal,DVM,PhD3Abstract:Eachyear,theAmericanCancerSocietyestimatesthenumbersofnewcan-cercasesanddeathsthatwilloccurintheUnitedStatesinthecurrentyearandcom-pilesthemostrecentdataoncancerincidence,mortality,andsurvival.IncidencedatawerecollectedbytheSurveillance,Epidemiology,andEndResultsProgram;theNationalProgramofCancerRegistries;andtheNorthAmericanAssociationofCentralCancerRegistries.MortalitydatawerecollectedbytheNationalCenterforHealthStatistics.In2017,1,688,780newcancercasesand600,920cancerdeathsareprojectedtooccurintheUnitedStates.Forallsitescombined,thecancerincidencerateis20%higherinmenthaninwomen,whilethecancerdeathrateis40%higher.However,sexdisparitiesvarybycancertype.Forexample,thyroidcancerincidenceratesare3-foldhigherinwomenthaninmen(21vs7per100,000population),despiteequivalentdeathrates(0.5per100,000population),largelyreflectingsexdifferencesinthe“epidemicofdiag-nosis.”Overthepastdecadeofavailabledata,theoverallcancerincidencerate(2004-2013)wasstableinwomenanddeclinedbyapproximately2%annuallyinmen,whilethecancerdeathrate(2005-2014)declinedbyabout1.5%annuallyinbothmenandwomen.From1991to2014,theoverallcancerdeathratedropped25%,translatingtoapproxi-mately2,143,200fewercancerdeathsthanwouldhavebeenexpectedifdeathrateshadremainedattheirpeak.Althoughthecancerdeathratewas15%higherinblacksthaninwhitesin2014,increasingaccesstocareasaresultofthePatientProtectionandAffordableCareActmayexpeditethenarrowingracialgap;from2010to2015,theproportionofblackswhowereuninsuredhalved,from21%to11%,asitdidforHispanics(31%to16%).GainsincoveragefortraditionallyunderservedAmericanswillfacilitatethebroaderapplicationofexistingcancercontrolknowledgeacrosseverysegmentofthepopulation.CACancerJClin2017;67:7–30.VC2017AmericanCancerSociety.Keywords:cancercases,cancerstatistics,deathrates,incidence,mortalityIntroductionCancerisamajorpublichealthproblemworldwideandisthesecondleadingcauseofdeathintheUnitedStates.Int...
