Due to the varying survival rates for different types of cancer, the most common causes of death from cancer are not always the most common types of cancer. For instance, although lung and bronchus cancer causes the greatest number of deaths, breast cancer is more commonly diagnosed among females. In 2006, invasive breast cancer occurred among 119.3 per 100,000 females, whereas lung and bronchus cancer occurred in only 55.0 per 100,000.
In 17, 857 patients with disease of all three coronary arteries who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery, the annual mortality rate was 3.3 %. In 1,294 patients with three vessel disease who underwent coronary angioplasty the annual mortality rate was 4.2 %.
OUTCOME AFTER FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT. Survival â Approximately 85 to 90 percent of heart transplant patients are living one year after their surgery, with an annual death rate of approximately 4 percent thereafter.The three-year survival approaches 75 percent.(See Prognosis after cardiac transplantation .).UTCOME AFTER FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT. Survival â Approximately 85 to 90 percent of heart transplant patients are living one year after their surgery, with an annual death rate of approximately 4 percent thereafter.