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STATISTICS

The statistics are nothing less than alarming.

  • A person dies from oral cancer every hour.1
  • Approximately 35,310 people in the US will be newly diagnosed with oral cancer in 2009.4
  • Over 40% of those diagnosed will die within five years - National Cancer Institute.2
  • The high mortality rate associated with oral cancer is due to late stage diagnosis.1
  • This is the third year in a row in which there has been an increase in the rate of occurrence, in 2007 there was a major jump of over 11% in that single year.1
  • The incidence rate for oral cancer is 3 TIMES GREATER than cervical cancer in the US.1
  • Exposure to the HPV-16 virus (human papilloma virus) is the fasted growing risk factor for oral cancer.1
  • The mortality rate associated with oral cancer has not improved significantly in the last 40 years.1
  • 90% of oral cancer occurs in patients 45 years or older, which encompasses "all" 84M Baby Boomers.1
  • An estimated 7,550 oral cancer patients died in 2007 (5180 men 2370 women).4
  • Men above the age of 45 and elderly patients have the highest risk of developing oral cancer.1
  • Men of African ancestry have an especially high risk in every age group.5
  • 90% of oral cancers are "Squamous Cell Carcinomas".4

1Oral Cancer Foundation
2National Cancer Institute
3National Cancer Institute/SEER
4American Cancer Society
5American Cancer Society, Facts and Figures for African-Americans.

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