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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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