Hawaiʻi Cancer Statistics
Hawaiʻi is an island state unique in both its geography and demographics. The state's uniqueness plays an important role in the "Hawaiʻi Cancer at a Glance, 2018-2022," report on the variations in cancer incidence and mortality by county and across various ethnic groups. Disparities in cancer risk and outcomes across ethnic groups may reflect genetic variations as well as differences in diet, tobacco and alcohol use, obesity, and other lifestyle exposures.
- Annually, an average of 7,852 Hawaiʻi residents are diagnosed with invasive cancer, and 2,519 individuals die from cancer.
- There are over 75,756 Hawaiʻi residents who are cancer survivors.
- Breast cancer remains the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women.
- Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men.
- Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer death in the state.
- Over the past decade, among the significant trends were increases in colon & rectum cancer incidence among adults under age 50, increases in prostate cancer incidence, and increases in uterine/endometrium cancer mortality.
- Compared to the U.S. overall, Hawaiʻi had a higher incidence of cancers of the breast, uterus/endometrium, and fallopian tube & other genital organs among females; cancers of the colon & rectum and melanoma of the skin among males, and stomach and other biliary among both sexes.
Learn more about cancer in Hawaiʻi, in "Hawaiʻi Cancer at a Glance, 2018-2022," by the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center's Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry.
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