MOST COMMON CANCER SITE DISTRIBUTION BY SEX

Text Box: 2002 Cancer Program Annual Report

Most Common

Cancer Site

Distribution By Sex

Text Box: MOST COMMON CANCER SITES IN MALES
CMC vs TN vs US Text Box: MALE
# TOTAL
%CMC
%TN^^
%US^

PROSTATE
60
30.15
23.33
29.65

LUNG/BRONCHUS
33
16.58
22.97
14.15

COLORECTAL
27
13.57
12.34
11.39

BLADDER
25
12.56
5.90
6.51

KIDNEY
8
4.02
3.41
3.00

Text Box: FEMALE
# TOTAL
%CMC
%TN^^
%US^

BREAST
64
35.75
31.95
31.43

LUNG/BRONCHUS
23
12.85
14.16
12.23

COLORECTAL
22
12.29
12.11
11.69

BLADDER
6
3.35
2.06
2.32

UTERUS
6
3.35
5.13
6.07

Text Box: MOST COMMON CANCER SITES IN FEMALES
CMC vs TN vs US

Text Box: ^ data from "Estimated New Cancer Cases by Gender, US, 2002", p. 4, Cancer Facts & Figures 2002,
American Cancer Society
^^data from TN Dept. of Health, TN Cancer Registry, 1997 (latest data available)