It will cause an estimated 4,800 deaths. In Wisconsin, an estimated 600 new cases will be diagnosed this year, and it will claim 300 lives. Some 16,800 new cases of brain and central nervous system cancers are expected to be diagnosed in the United States in 1999, causing 13,100 deaths. LUNG Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women alike. Although its incidence in men has declined in recent years, it's still the second most common cancer in males.
Mortality almost equals incidence.
In Wisconsin, an estimated 2,800 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed in 1999 and it will cause an estimated 2,600 deaths. No estimate of incidence is available. An estimated 54,200 new cases will be diagnosed in 1999 and it will cause about 12,100 deaths. US Census Bureau data also is used, plus mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics. These numbers are used to project incidence rates nationwide.