Sage Aging Health Guide·

Breast Cancer Cancer Lung Cancer Woman's Health

Do You Know the Three Most Common Cancers in Women?

Cancer Among Women

Note: The numbers in parentheses are the rates per 100,000 women of all races and Hispanic* origins combined in the United States.

Three Most Common Cancers Among Women

Breast cancer (123.9)

First among women of all races and Hispanic* origin populations.

Lung cancer (50.8)

Second among white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.
Third among Hispanic* women.

Colorectal cancer (32.8)

Second among Hispanic* women.
Third among white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.

Leading Causes of Cancer Death Among Women

Lung cancer (34.7)

First among white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.
Second among Hispanic* women.

Breast cancer (20.5)

First among Hispanic* women.
Second among white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.

Colorectal cancer (11.9)

Third among women of all races and Hispanic* origin populations.

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