Projected New Cancer Cases and Deaths for All Sites, 2012
Produced by the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry
Primary Cancer Site
Projected New Cases
Total Male
Female
Projected Deaths
Total Male
Female
Lip, Oral Cavity, Pharynx
1,331
946
385
277
197
80
Tongue
348
253
95
61
41
20
Salivary Glands
138
82
56
28
21
7
Pharynx
478
376
102
88
68
20
Other Parts of the Mouth
367
235
132
100
67
33
Digestive Organs, Peritoneum
8,901
4,949
3,952
4,486
2,542
1,944
Esophagus
552
439
113
445
358
87
Stomach
656
404
252
350
210
140
Small Intestine
254
137
117
47
25
22
Colon, Rectum
5,004
2,656
2,348
1,707
901
806
Liver. Bile Ducts
647
470
177
565
389
176
Pancreas
1,280
634
646
1,172
578
594
Other, Ill-defined sites
508
209
299
200
81
119
Respiratory System
9,224
5,478
3,746
6,376
3,820
2,556
Larynx
528
422
106
141
112
29
Bronchus, Lung
8,517
4,931
3,586
6,201
3,688
2,513
Other
179
125
54
34
20
14
Bones and Joints
86
46
40
45
24
21
Soft Tissue including Heart
355
202
153
138
69
69
Malignant Melanoma of the Skin
2,306
1,334
972
330
212
118
Breast (in situ included)
9,238
108
9,130
1,416
12
1,404
Breast (in situ excluded)
7,478
90
7,388
Genital Organs
11,339
8,610
2,729
1,966
1,062
904
Cervix Uteri, Invasive
402
0
402
126
0
126
Corpus Uteri
1,365
0
1,365
254
0
254
Ovary
734
0
734
466
0
466
Other Female Genital
228
0
228
58
0
58
Prostate
8,325
8,325
0
1,037
1,037
0
Testis
236
236
0
14
14
0
Other Male Genital
49
49
0
11
11
0
Urinary Organs
4,258
2,994
1,264
929
622
307
Urinary Bladder
2,301
1,746
555
448
308
140
Kidney, Renal Pelvis
1,871
1,195
676
454
298
156
Other Urinary Organs
86
53
33
27
16
11
Eye and Orbit
94
54
40
6
3
3
Brain, CNS (benign excluded)
706
390
316
445
248
197
Brain, CNS (benign included)
1,805
742
1,063
Endocrine Glands
1,249
328
921
80
36
44
Thyroid Gland
1,178
292
886
49
20
29
Other Endocrine Glands
71
36
35
31
16
15
Leukemia
1,306
741
565
735
430
305
Lymphocytic Leukemia
632
381
251
209
131
78
Myeloid and Monocytic Leukemia
597
323
274
367
212
155
Other Leukemia
77
37
40
159
87
72
Lymphomas
2,303
1,251
1,052
687
367
320
Hodgkin Disease
264
140
124
43
25
18
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
2,039
1,111
928
644
342
302
Multiple Myeloma
724
392
332
420
221
199
Miscellaneous
2,024
1,042
982
1,664
938
726
ALL SITES (Includes in situ
breast cancer and excludes
benign brain cancer)
55,444
28,865
26,579
20,000
10,803
9,197
Projections are estimated using 2005-2009 invasive cancer incidence and 2006-2010 mortality rates and 2012 NC population estimates available at:
http://www.osbm.state.nc.us/ncosbm/facts_and_figures/socioeconomic data/populalion_estimates/county_projections.shtm.