Cancer In Illinois

  • Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Illinois.1 It is the leading cause of death for Illinois citizens aged 45-64.2
  • It is estimated that nearly 64,000 Illinois citizens will be diagnosed with cancer in 2010 and that more than 23,200 Illinois citizens will die from it. 3
  • Approximately 60 percent of cancer patients in the United States currently receive traditional X-ray radiation therapy.6
  • Approximately 1 in 2 men will be diagnosed with cancer during his lifetime.3
  • Approximately 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer during her lifetime.3
  • Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death nationally and in Illinois for both men and women, claiming nearly 6,500 lives annually in Illinois alone.3
  • Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among men, with approximately 8,700 new cases expected in 2010 in Illinois; approximately 1,400 Illinois men will die from prostate cancer in 2010.3
  • Breast cancer is the leading cancer diagnosis for women, with more than 8,700 new cases expected in 2010 in Illinois and nearly 1,800 Illinois women likely to die from breast cancer in 2010.3
  • African-Americans have the highest cancer incidence and mortality rates for all major cancers other than breast cancer.4
  • African-American women are 50 percent more likely to die of breast cancer than Caucasian women.5

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Footnotes: 
  1. National Vital Statistics Reports, National Center for Health Statistics Volume 56, Number 10, April 24, 2008
  2. Illinois Cancer Statistics Review and Update, 1986-2005. Illinois Department of Health, June 2008
  3. American Cancer Society Facts and Figures 2010
  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
  6. Based on estimates from the American Cancer Society, the American Society for Radiation Oncology and the Radiological Society of North America