Bone Cancer Statistics: An Overview
The American Cancer Society estimated that 2,570 people (1,480 men and 1,090 women) would be diagnosed with
bone cancer and that 1,210 men and women would die of bone cancer in 2005.
Bone Cancer Statistics on Diagnosis
From 1998-2002, the median age at diagnosis for bone cancer was 38 years of age. The percentages of people diagnosed with bone cancer based on age were:
- 28.9 percent were diagnosed under age 20
- 17.5 percent between 20 and 34
- 11.8 percent between 35 and 44
- 12.4 percent between 45 and 54
- 10.9 percent between 55 and 64
- 8.3 percent between 65 and 74
- 7.0 percent between 75 and 84
- 3.1 percent 85+ years of age.
Bone Cancer Statistics on Mortality
From 1998-2002, the median age at death for bone cancer was 59 years of age. The percentages of people who died from bone cancer based on age were:
- 15.2 percent died under age 20
- 13.6 percent between 20 and 34
- 7.0 percent between 35 and 44
- 9.0 percent between 45 and 54
- 11.0 percent between 55 and 64
- 14.9 percent between 65 and 74
- 18.6 percent between 75 and 84
- 10.7 percent 85+ years of age.
The age-adjusted bone cancer death rate was 0.4 per 100,000 men and women per year. These rates were based on patients who died in 1998-2002 in the United States.
Bone cancer mortality rates by race were:
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Race/Ethnicity
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Men
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Women
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All Races
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0.5 per 100,000 men
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0.4 per 100,000 women
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Caucasians
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0.6 per 100,000 men
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0.4 per 100,000 women
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African Americans
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0.6 per 100,000 men
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0.3 per 100,000 women
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Asian/Pacific Islander
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0.3 per 100,000 men
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0.2 per 100,000 women
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Hispanic
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0.5 per 100,000 men
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0.3 per 100,000 women
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