Cancer count

New cancer cases pop up each year. In fact, more than 650,000 of them were diagnosed in 2006. That same year, more than 550,000 people died of cancer—by far, lung and bronchus claimed the most. Here are the latest numbers, for 2006, as published by the American Cancer Society:

Estimated new cases

Total: 1,399,730
Men: 720,280
Women: 679,510
Prostate (men): 234,460
Breast (women): 212,920
Lung & bronchus: 174,470
Colon & rectum: 148,610
Melanoma of the skin: 62,190
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: 58,870
Urinary bladder (men): 44,690
Uterine corpus (women): 41,200

Estimated deaths

Total: 564,830
Men: 291,270
Women: 273,560
Lung & bronchus: 162,460
Colon & rectum: 55,170
Breast (women): 40,970
Prostate (men): 27,350
Pancreas: 32,300
Leukemia: 22,280
Ovary (women): 15,310

Source: American Cancer Society