Cancer In Florida

• Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the Florida, ending 40,952 lives annually.¹
• It is estimated that approximately 101,920 Florida citizens will be diagnosed with cancer this year and that more than 41,000 Florida citizens will die from it. ²
• Approximately 60 percent of patients with cancer in the United States currently receive traditional X-ray radiation.²
• 1 in 2 men will be diagnosed with cancer during his lifetime.²
• 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 12,400 lives annually in Florida alone.²
• Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Florida men, with more than 11,300 new cases expected this year.²
• Breast cancer is the leading cancer diagnosis for Florida women, with more than 11,800 new cases expected this year.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

1. National Vital Statistics Reports, National Center for Health Statistics Volume 56, Number 10, April 24, 2008,
2. American Cancer Society Facts and Figures 2007-2008
3. Socioeconomic factors and Breast Cancer in black and white Americans. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2004; 22:55-65
4. Trends in breast cancer by race and ethnicity. CA Cancer J Clin 2003;53:342-5

Created October 2008