Statistics on Ovarian Cancer: An Introduction
Ovarian cancer accounts for about 4 percent of all women's cancers and is the fourth-leading cause of cancer-related death among American women. The number of people diagnosed with ovarian cancer has slowly been declining since the early 1990s. Ovarian cancer has the highest death rate among cancers of the female reproductive tract, mainly because there are no
early symptoms of ovarian cancer and no ovarian cancer screening tests are available.
The American Cancer Society predicts that in 2006, 20,180 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and 15,310 women will die of it.
Ovarian Cancer Statistics on Age at Diagnosis
From 2000-2003, the median age at diagnosis was 63. The percentages of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer based on age were:
- 1.2 percent were diagnosed under age 20
- 3.5 percent between 20 and 34
- 8.1 percent between 35 and 44
- 18.6 percent between 45 and 54
- 21.4 percent between 55 and 64
- 19.4 percent between 65 and 74
- 7.0 percent between 75 and 84
- 12.3 percent 85+ years of age.
From 2000-2003, the median age at death from ovarian cancer was 71. The percentages of women who died from ovarian cancer based on age were:
- 0.1 percent died under age 20
- 0.8 percent between 20 and 34
- 3.2 percent between 35 and 44
- 11.3 percent between 45 and 54
- 18.5 percent between 55 and 64
- 25.0 percent between 65 and 74
- 28.9 percent between 75 and 84
- 12.2 percent 85+ years of age.
