Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. and in Utah. The financial costs of cancer are substantial, with an
overall annual cost estimated at $228.1 billion in 2009. Treatment for lung, prostate, and breast cancers accounts for more
than half of the direct medical costs.
Cancer generally develops over several years and has many causes. Several factors both inside and outside the body contribute
to the development of cancer. Some of these factors include genetics, tobacco, diet, weight, physical inactivity, and excessive
sunlight exposure. Other factors include exposure to ionizing radiation and environmental chemicals that may be present in
the workplace, food, air, or water such as asbestos, benzene, and arsenic.
Cancer Death Rate, Utah and U.S., 1980-2010
Data Notes
ICD-9 codes 140-208, ICD-10 codes C00-C97. Age-adjusted to U.S. 2000 population.
The International Classification of Diseases has been revised approximately every ten years since 1900. The latest revision,
ICD-10, was implemented in 1999 replacing ICD-9, the standard since 1979. ICD-10 differs from ICD-9 in several respects. ICD-10
is far more detailed with about 8,000 categories compared with 5,000 in ICD-9. Some of the coding rules and rules for selecting
the underlying cause of death have also been changed. These changes create discontinuities in cause-of-death statistics and
are critical to the interpretation of mortality trends. Comparability ratios have been created for many cause-of-death classifications
in order to reduce the impact of these changes but caution should be used when interpreting trends across the Ninth and Tenth
ICD revisions. U.S. data available through 2007.
Data Sources
Utah Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Department of Health.
Population Estimates: Utah Governor's Office of Planning and Budget.
National Vital Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The rate of death from all cancers per 100,000 persons.
How We Calculated the Rates
Numerator:
Number of deaths due to cancer (ICD-9 codes 140-208 and ICD-10 codes C00-C97).
Denominator:
Population of Utah or U.S. for a given time period.
Page Content Updated On 05/10/2012,
Published on 08/27/2012
Cancer Control Program, Bureau of Health Promotion, Division of Disease Control and Prevention, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2107,
Telephone: 801-538-6712, Fax: 801-538-9495, Website: www.cancerutah.org, www.ucan.cc, Contact: Kathryn Rowley
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