Epidemiology
The American Cancer Society estimated that in 2009 about 5,290 new cases of anal cancer would be diagnosed in the United States (about 3,000 in women and 2,000 in men). It is typically found in adults, average age early 60s.
In the United States, an estimated 710 people died of anal cancer in 2009.
Worldwide in 2002 there were an estimated 30,400 new cases of anal cancer. With approximately equal fractions in the developing (15,900) and developed (14,500) countries. An estimated 90% (27,400) were attributable to HPV.
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