Female Breast Cancer: 1,100 versus 211,300 nationally
Uterine Cervical: (inconclusive) versus 12,200 nationally
Colon & Rectum: 700 versus 147,500 nationally
Uterine Corpus: 200 versus 40,100 nationally
Leukemia: 200 versus 30,600 nationally
Lung Bronchus: 500 versus 171,900 nationally
Melanoma: 400 versus 54,200 nationally
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: 300 versus 53,400 nationally
Prostate: 1,400 versus 220,900 nationally
Urinary Bladder: 300 versus 57,400 nationally

There were 553,768 cancer-related deaths in the United States in 2003. In calculating the statistical spread from 1950 to present, we determine that the mortality rate has only decreased by roughly 2%. It is interesting to note that, more men in the United States suffer from cancer than do women, and a significant portion of those are of African-American heritage following with those of Caucasian decent.

Did you know? Did you know that an American’s life-time risk of being diagnosed with the three most “deadly” forms of cancer (that is, if they are not detected early) are as follows: Life-time risk for prostate cancer is in 1 in 5; life-time risk for breast cancer is 1 in 7; life-time risk for melanoma skin cancer is 1 in 75 but for Utahns it is 1 in 52?

The leading cause of death for women in Utah is lung cancer followed by breast cancer. The leading cause of death for men in Utah is prostate cancer followed by colorectal cancer. The most commonly diagnosed cancer both in Utah, and nationally, is skin cancer (includes basal-cell carcinoma, squamous-cell carcinoma and melanoma). Every hour someone in the United States dies of a melanoma.