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Baseline: 59 percent of persons with invasive cancer of any type were living 5 years or longer after diagnosis in 1989–95.

Data source: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, NIH, NCI.

Persons With Invasive Cancer of Any Type, 1989–95	5 Years or Longer Survival
Persons With Invasive Cancer of Any Type, 1989–95	Percent
TOTAL	59
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	DNA
Asian or Pacific Islander	DNA
Asian	DNA
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific lslander	DNA
Black or African American	48
White	61

Hispanic or Latino	DNA
Not Hispanic or Latino	DNA
Black or African American	DNA
White	DNA
Gender
Female	61
Male	58
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years)
Less than high school	DNA
High school graduate	DNA
At least some college	DNA

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.


3-15.		Increase the proportion of cancer survivors who are living 5 years or longer after diagnosis.