300,000 295,000
Men
290,000
Men
285,000
250,000
Number of Cancer Deaths
280,000
Women 275,000
200,000 Women
270,000
265,000
150,000
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
100,000
50,000
0
1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Source: US Mortality Data, 1930-2006, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 2009.