There were approximately 30,000 new cases of stomach cancer in the United States last year.

Stomach cancer accounts for 1.5% of new cancer cases each year in the United States, but is the fifth most common cancer and the fifth most deadly cancer worldwide.

Stomach cancer most frequently affects people over age 65, but it can affect people of any age.

Risk factors include, but are not limited to, H. pylori infections, being over age 65, being assigned male at birth, being overweight, using tobacco or alcohol, and having a family history of stomach cancer or certain genetic diseases.