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. 2021 Jan 31;36(1):e219. doi: 10.5001/omj.2021.18

Table 1. Percent change in cancer incidence rates.

Cancer type Rate 2000 Rate 2008 Percentage change 2000–2008 Rate 2016 Percentage change 2008–2016 Percentage change 2000–2016
Breast 8.43 8.56 1.54 13.19 54.09 56.47
Lung 4.08 4.31 5.64 5.60 29.93 37.25
Brain 1.17 2.03 73.50 2.97 46.31 153.85
Bladder 3.44 2.76 -19.77 3.75 35.87 9.01
Stomach 1.80 1.48 -17.78 2.04 37.84 13.33
Colorectal 2.43 2.07 -14.81 3.74 80.68 53.91
Liver 0.40 0.82 105.00 1.91 132.93 377.50
Pancreatic 0.72 0.76 5.56 1.46 92.11 102.78
Skin 2.23 1.15 -48.43 1.92 66.96 -13.90
Larynx 2.40 0.52 -78.33 0.51 -1.92 78.75-
Thyroid 1.22 0.70 -42.62 2.96 322.86 142.62
Leukemia 3.24 3.01 -7.10 4.37 45.18 34.88
Hodgkin’s disease 1.40 0.97 -30.71 1.44 48.45 2.86
Non-Hodgkin’s disease 3.20 2.24 -30.00 3.16 41.07 1.25
Ovarian 2.11 1.78 -15.64 3.05 71.35 44.55
Cervical 1.51 1.02 -32.45 1.14 11.76 -24.50
Prostate 1.85 1.53 -17.30 4.13 169.93 123.24
Childhood 9.55 7.34 -23.14 9.92 35.15 3.87
All cancers* 51.18 44.58 -14.50 67.86 51.73 29.73

*Includes other rare cancers (not mentioned).