Cancer in the United

States
Cancer Impacts Races, Ages, Ethnicities, and
Sexes Differently Than You May Think.
100,000

75,000
Number of people

50,000

25,000

0
<1

+
5-

-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

-6

-7

85
15

25

35

45

55

65

75
Age group in years

Number of Cancer deaths in 2017 by age group, both sexes, all races.

Hispanic Hispanic
Percent Women by race
6.3% 6.4%
who died in 2017 from
Black Black
Cancer
10.6% 11.5%

Percent Men by race who

White died in 2017 from Cancer White
79.8% 78.5%

500

400
Number of people

300

200

100

0
White Black Native Asian Hispanic
Amount of people with cancer per 100,000 by race in 2017.

= Men x10 that

died in 2017 per
100,000

= Women x10
that died in
2017 per
100,000

315,140 289,959
Men died in 2017 Women died in 2017
from cancer from cancer

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