Cancer Incidence

They also tell us about differences among groups defined by age, sex, racial/ethnic group, geographic location, and other categories. Cancer statistics also help us see trends by looking at cancer rates over time, we can track changes in the risk of developing and dying from specific cancers as well as cancer overall. Cancer statistics describe what happens in large groups of people and provide a picture in time of the burden of cancer on society. Statistics tell us things such as how many people