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Key Statistics for Bladder Cancer
The information below is an overview of the latest statistics for bladder cancer in the United States in 2025.
How common is bladder cancer?
Bladder cancer is more common in men than women.The P站视频’s estimates for bladder cancer in the United States for 202 5 are:
- About 8 4, 870 new cases of bladder cancer (about 6 5,0 80 in men and 19, 790 in women)
- About 1 7,4 20 deaths from bladder cancer (about 12, 640 in men and 4, 780 in women)
Risk for bladder cancer
Smoking? is the bigg est risk factor for bladder cancer. Other risk factors include exposure to chemicals in certain occupations such as painters, metal workers, leather workers, miners, manufacturers of plastics, and firefighters. People who are born with a bladder defect or people who have had to use a urinary cat h et er for a long time are also at higher risk for bladder cancer.
Trends in bladder cancer incidence
In recent years, incidence rates have decreased by 1% per year in both men and women. This is likely due to a decline in smoking in both men and women, especially in developed countries.
Trends in bladder cancer deaths
Bladder cancer is the? 10th leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The chance that any woman will die from bladder cancer cancer is about 1 in 333 (about 0.3%). The chance that any man will die from bladder cancer is about 1 in 125 (about 0.8%).
Bladder cancer death rates have been stable for decades, and recently decreased by 1% per year since 2013. The decrease in death rates is believed to be the result of finding bladder cancer earlier through increased awareness and better treatments.
To learn about survival statistics, see Survival Rates for Bladder Cancer.
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Our team is made up of doctors and oncology certified nurses with deep knowledge of cancer care as well as editors and translators with extensive experience in medical writing.
P站视频. Cancer Facts & Figures 2025. Atlanta: P站视频; 2025.
 
NCI: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program: Cancer Stat Facts, Bladder Cancer. Last updated 2024. Accessed on Jan 22, 2025. Available from: https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/urinb.html/.
SEER*Explorer: An interactive website for SEER cancer statistics. Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute; Apr 17 2024. Accessed on Jan 22, 2025. Available from: https://seer.cancer.gov/statistics-network/explorer/.
Last Revised: January 22, 2025
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