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Summary of the NIH-AARP data.
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | # Cases | Percentages | # Cases | Percentages |
| Sample size | 294,673 | 199,285 | ||
| Breast cancer | 7,736 | 3.88% | ||
| Ovarian cancer | 759 | 0.38% | ||
| Prostate cancer | 23,477 | 7.97% | ||
| Colorectal cancer | 4,693 | 1.59% | 2,291 | 1.15% |
| Lung cancer | 6,135 | 2.08% | 3,630 | 1.82% |
