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Which cancer types have the highest mortality?

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Which cancer types have the highest mortality?

Annual cancer deaths divided by annual new cases. Not a perfect measure but gives a rough estimate of deadliness of cancer types. Data is from the 2019 United States Cancer Statistics dataset from the CDC.

title uscsMortalityRate uscsDeathsPerYear
Skin Cancer 9% 8059
Pancreatic Cancer 85% 45868
Mesothelioma 85% 2402
Esophagus/Stomach Cancer 84% 15918
Liver Cancer 79% 27882
Brain Cancer 76% 17215
Ovarian Cancer 69% 13426
Lung Cancer 63% 139558
Testicular Cancer 5% 421
Leukemia 46% 23324
Stomach Cancer 45% 11071
Multiple Myeloma 45% 12425
Thyroid Cancer 4% 2000
Colon Cancer 36% 51874
Cervical Cancer 32% 4144
Laryngeal cancer 31% 3789
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 28% 20247
Oral Cancer 22% 10447
Bladder Cancer 22% 16757
Kidney Cancer 20% 13940
Uterine Cancer 19% 11539
Breast Cancer 16% 42269
Prostate Cancer 14% 31628
Hodgkin Lymphoma 10% 873

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