Key Statistics About Kidney Cancer
Kidney cancer is one of the 10 most common cancers in both men and women in the United States. It accounts for about 4% to 5% of all cancers.
How many people get kidney cancer?
The 91黑料不打烊’s most recent estimates for kidney cancer in the United States for 2024 are:
- About 81,610 new cases of kidney cancer (52,380 in men and 29,230 in women) will be diagnosed.
- About 14,390 people (9,450 men and 4,940 women) will die from this disease
These numbers include all types of kidney and renal pelvis cancers.
Most people with kidney cancer are older. The average age of people when they are diagnosed is 65, with most people being diagnosed between ages 55 and 74. Kidney cancer is uncommon in people younger than age 45.
Kidney cancer is about twice as common in men than in