For more statistics, please use the following links:
Cancer Facts and Figures 2006
Cancer Facts and Figures for African Americans 2005-2006
Cancer Fact & Figures for Hispanics 2006-2008
Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Facts & Figures 2006
Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2005-2006 |
Tobacco-Related Cancers Statistics 2006-
Lung cancer is the leading cause
of cancer death in the US for both men and women. (Source:
Cancer Facts & Figures 2006)
- Lung cancer estimates for 2005
(Source: Cancer Facts & Figures 2006):
o New cases – 174,470
o Deaths – 162,460
- Eighty-seven percent of
lung cancer deaths can be attributed to tobacco use. (Source:
Cancer Prevention and Early Detection 2006)
- Besides lung cancer, tobacco use
also causes increased risk for cancer of the mouth, nasal
cavities, larynx, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, liver,
pancreas, kidney, bladder, and uterine cervix, as well as
myeloid leukemia (Source: Cancer Prevention and Early
Detection 2006)
- In the US, tobacco use is
responsible for nearly one in five deaths or an estimated
435,000 deaths in 2000 (Source: Cancer Facts & Figures 2006)
- Smoking accounts for at least 30
percent of all cancer deaths. (Source: Cancer Facts & Figures
2006)
- In 2002, an estimated 45.4
million US adults (almost one quarter of the population) were
current smokers. (Source: MMWR)
- In 2003, 21.9% of US high school
students reported smoking at least one day in the previous
month, with almost 10% reporting frequent smoking or smoking
for 20 or more days of the last month. (Source: Cancer
Prevention & Early Detection Facts & Figures 2006)
- Almost 90% of current smokers
became addicted to tobacco before age 18 (Source: Cancer
Prevention & Early Detection Facts & Figures 2006)
- Each year, secondhand smoke may
be responsible for about 3,000 lung cancer deaths in
nonsmoking adults and an additional 35,000 to 40,000 cases of
heart disease in people who are not current smokers. (Source:
Cancer Facts and Figures 2065)
- Cigar smoking has health
consequences similar to those of tobacco, including cancer of
the lung, oral cavity, larynx, esophagus, and pancreas.
(Source: Cancer Facts and Figures 2006)
- Among adults age 18 and older,
national data showed 7 percent of men and 1 percent of women
were current users of chewing tobacco or snuff. (Source:
Cancer Facts and Figures 2006)
- Oral cancer occurs several times
more frequently among chewing tobacco or snuff users compared
with non-tobacco users. (Source: Cancer Facts and Figures 2006)
- Smoking-related medical costs
totaled $75.5 billion in 1998 and accounted for 8 percent of
personal health care medical expenditures. This translates to
$1,623 in excess medical expenditures per adult smoker in
1998. (Source: Cancer Facts & Figures 2006)
- In 2001, states spent an
estimated $12 billion in Medicaid costs alone related to
treating smoking-attributable illnesses. (Source: Cancer Facts
& Figures 2006)
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