The statistic shows the total annual age-adjusted rate of overweight and obesity-related invasive cancer cases in United States in 2014, by age. In that year, the rate of overweight and obesity-related invasive cancer was highest among those aged 75 years and older.
Rate of overweight and obesity-related invasive cancer cases in the United States in 2014, by age
(per 100,000 population)
Characteristic
Rate per 100,000 population
Younger than 20 years
2.7
20 to 49 years
47.2
50 to 64 years
383.6
65 to 74 years
658.4
75 years or older
782.1
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Age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.
Overweight- and obesity-related cancers include adenocarcinoma of the esophagus; cancers of the breast [in postmenopausal women], colon and rectum,
endometrium, gallbladder, gastric cardia, kidney, liver, ovary, pancreas, and thyroid; meningioma; and multiple myeloma.
Cancer incidence compiled from cancer registries that meet the data quality criteria for all invasive cancer sites combined (covering 100% of the U.S. population).
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