| BY THE NUMBERS |
Bladder Cancer Overview & Stats
About
83,730
new cases will be
diagnosed in 2021
Smoking accounts for
47%
of all these new cases
About 17,200 people will die from bladder cancer this year*
*mortality rates are going down
For
85%
of people, blood in the
urine is the first sign
of bladder cancer
75% of patients with bladder cancer have NMIBC vs. 25% MIBC
In the U.S., bladder
cancer is the
4th
most common cancer in men
6th
most common cancer overall
4 TOP Causes of Death in Black Women
Cancer (breast, lung
and colon)
Diabetes
Heart Disease
Stroke
White people are
2X more likely
to get bladder cancer
than any other race
While exact causes are not known, the 3 most common causes in women are:
Pregnancy & Childbirth
Aging
Obesity
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