Cancer in Florida

• Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Florida.¹
• It is estimated that approximately 113,000 Florida citizens will be diagnosed with cancer in 2011 and that more than 40,000 Florida citizens will die from it.²
• Approximately 60 percent of cancer patients in the United States currently receive traditional X-ray radiation.³
• Approximately 1 in 2 men will be diagnosed with cancer during his lifetime.²
• Approximately 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer during her lifetime.²
• Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death nationally and in Florida for both men and women, claiming more than 11,000 lives annually in Florida alone.²
• Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Florida men, with more than 16,000 new cases expected in 2011.²
• Breast cancer is the leading cancer diagnosis for Florida women, with more than 15,000 new cases expected in 2011.²
• African-Americans have the highest cancer incidence and mortality rates for all major cancers other than breast cancer.³
• African-American women are 50 percent more likely to die of breast cancer than Caucasian women.⁴

References

1. National Vital Statistics Reports, National Center for Health Statistics Volume 56, Number 10, April 24, 2008
2. American Cancer Society Facts and Figures 2011
3. Based on estimates from the American Cancer Society, the American Society for Radiation Oncology and the Radiological Society of North America
4. Socioeconomic factors and Breast Cancer in black and white Americans. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2004; 22:55-65
5. Trends in breast cancer by race and ethnicity. CA Cancer J Clin 2003;53:342-55

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