A 2025 Gallup analysis found that nearly one in ten U.S. adults reported having been diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetime.
January 01, 2025
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Gallup lifetime self-reported cancer diagnosis prevalence from its 2024-2025 survey averages.
A 2025 Gallup analysis found that 21.5% of U.S. adults aged 65 and older reported having been told by a doctor or nurse that they had cancer, compared with nearly 9% of U.S. adults aged 45 to 64.
January 01, 2025
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Age-stratified lifetime self-reported cancer diagnosis prevalence from Gallup's 2024-2025 data.
Gallup's 2025 analysis found that the share of U.S. adults aged 65 and older reporting a lifetime cancer diagnosis increased by 3.4 percentage points between the 2008-2009 period and the 2024-2025 period.
January 01, 2025
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Change in lifetime self-reported cancer diagnosis prevalence for the 65+ age group across Gallup's multi-year averages.
A 2025 Gallup analysis found that 9.8% of U.S. men and 9.6% of U.S. women reported lifetime cancer diagnoses, and that the share of men reporting a diagnosis increased by 3.6 percentage points since Gallup's 2008-2009 data.
January 01, 2025
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Sex-disaggregated lifetime self-reported cancer diagnosis prevalence and change over time from Gallup's multi-year averages.