Deaths in the United States from leading cancers by age group (in years)

* under 19 20 - 39 40 - 59 60 - 79 80+

Males

* leukemia:

465 non-Hodgkin

lymphoma:

800 lung and

bronchus:

15,606 lung and

bronchus:

60,721 prostate:

15,657

* brain and

nervous system:

300 leukemia:

686 colon and

rectum:

4,275 prostate:

17,773 lung and

bronchus:

14,892

* bones and

joints:

104 brain and

nervous system:

643 non-Hodgkin

lymphoma:

2,370 colon and

rectum:

16,306 colon and

rectum:

7,416

* endocrine:

102 lung and

bronchus:

563 pancreas:

2,347 pancreas:

7,715 urinary bladder:

2,752

* non-Hodgkin

lymphoma:

102 colon and

rectum:

399 brain and

nervous system:

1,949 non-Hodgkin

lymphoma:

6,012 leukemia:

2,725

Females

* leukemia:

305 breast:

1,764 breast:

12,202 lung and

bronchus:

37,426 colon and

rectum:

11,720

* brain and

nervous system:

220 uterine cervix:

637 lung and

bronchus:

9,937 breast:

20,083 lung and

bronchus:

11,463

* endocrine:

77 leukemia:

500 colon and

rectum:

3,297 colon and

rectum:

13,855 breast:

9,793

* bones and

joints:

70 lung and

bronchus:

467 ovary:

2,757 pancreas:

7,595 pancreas:

4,730

* soft tissue:

50 brain and

nervous system:

401 uterine cervix:

1,720 ovary:

7,237 non-Hodgkin

lymphoma:

3,501

Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, 1998.