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Table 4 Ten cancers with the highest mortalities in China, 2011

From: The updated incidences and mortalities of major cancers in China, 2011

Rank

Males

Females

Site

Deaths

Mortality (1/105)

Proportion (%)

ASRMC (1/105)

Site

Deaths

Mortality (1/105)

Proportion (%)

ASRMC (1/105)

1

Lung

364,432

52.76

27.08

39.94

Lung

164,721

25.08

21.47

16.68

2

Liver

239,218

34.64

17.77

26.38

Stomach

90,792

13.83

11.84

9.21

3

Stomach

206,704

29.93

15.36

22.69

Liver

83,199

12.67

10.85

8.61

4

Esophagus

154,587

22.38

11.48

16.86

Esophagus

64,371

9.80

8.39

6.38

5

Colorectum

86,427

12.51

6.42

9.40

Colorectum

63,295

9.64

8.25

6.26

6

Pancreas

40,580

5.88

3.01

4.43

Breast

60,473

9.21

7.88

6.57

7

Brain, CNS

28,542

4.13

2.12

3.35

Pancreas

32,143

4.89

4.19

3.21

8

Leukemia

27,907

4.04

2.07

3.46

Cervix

23,375

3.56

3.05

2.59

9

Lymphoma

25,066

3.63

1.86

2.84

Brain, CNS

22,234

3.39

2.90

2.54

10

Bladder

20,949

3.03

1.56

2.23

Leukemia

19,708

3.00

2.57

2.45

  1. Abbreviations as in Tables 2 and 3.