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Cancer (Data are for U.S. for year in parentheses) Morbidity Percent of noninstitutionalized adults who have ever been diagnosed with cancer: 7.0 (2002) Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults, 2002 Health care use Ambulatory care Number of visits to office-based physicians: 16 million (2002) Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2002 Summary Number of hospital outpatient department visits: 2.6 million (2002) Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Outpatient Department Summary Hospital inpatient care Number of discharges: 1.2 million (2002) Average length of stay: 7.1 days (2002) Source: 2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey Home health care Number of current patients with cancer as primary diagnosis: 67,100 (2000) Percent of current patients with cancer as primary diagnosis: 5.0 (2000) Source: National Home and Hospice Care Survey Hospice care Number of current patients with cancer as primary diagnosis: 54,900 (2000) Percent of current patients with cancer as primary diagnosis: 52.0 (2000) Source: National Home and Hospice Care Survey Nursing home care Number of discharges with cancer as primary diagnosis: 146,700 (1999) Percent of discharges with cancer as primary diagnosis: 5.8 (1999) Average length of stay: 135.7 days (1999) Source: National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary Mortality Number of deaths: 553,768 (2001) Deaths per 100,000 population: 194.4 (2001) Cause of death rank: 2 (2001) Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2001 Percent of hospital inpatient deaths from cancer: 12.1 (2001) Source: 2001 National Hospital Discharge Survey
More Data Frequencies and percents of adults who ever had cancer by age, sex, and race/ethnicity Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults, 2001, tables 5, 6 Cancer incidence rates by sex, race, and Hispanic origin, 1990-99 Health, United States, 2003, table 54 Rates of discharges and days of care in short stay hospitals by sex and age: 1990-2000 Health, United States, 2003, table 92 Discharges and average length of stay in short stay hospitals by sex, and age: 1990-2000 Health, United States, 2003, table 93 Death rates for cancer by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age, 1950-2000 Health, United States, 2003, table 38 Related linksNational Ambulatory Medical Care SurveyNational Health Interview SurveyNational Home and Hospice Care SurveyNational Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey National Hospital Discharge Survey National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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