Cancer Rates Vary Widely by State, Race: CDC Report THURSDAY,
Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The latest U.S. cancer statistics
find that 1.5 million new cases of invasive cancer were
diagnosed among Americans in 2009, with more men than women
developing malignancies and blacks at higher risk for cancer
than whites. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
report reveals a nationwide annual rate of cancer diagnoses of
459 cases per 100,000 adults, but incidence per state ranged
widely, with higher rates for colon and lung cancers
concentrated in the South. Prostate, breast, lung and colon
cancer accounted for more than half of the cancers (52 percent)
diagnosed in 2009, the CDC said. The report noted that the
differing rates of prostate and breast cancers largely account
for the observed racial and gender variations. New cancer
diagnoses increased with age, with more than 2,200 cases
reported per 100,000 people aged 75 and older. The rate for
people 50 to 64 was less than half that -- 843 per 100,000 i