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Table 1 The main 5 most commonly diagnosed cancer types and age-standardized incidence rate in 2018 in China, UK, USA, and worldwide.

From: Current cancer situation in China: good or bad news from the 2018 Global Cancer Statistics?

China

UK

USA

Worldwide

Tumor location

Cases (%)

ASR (worldwide, 1/105)

Tumor location

Cases (%)

ASR (worldwide, 1/105)

Tumor location

Cases (%)

ASR (worldwide, 1/105)

Tumor location

Cases (%)

ASR (worldwide, 1/105)

Both sexes

Lung

774,323 (18.1)

35.1

Prostate

56,401 (12.6)

80.7

Breast

234,087 (11.0)

84.9

Lung

2,093,876 (11.6)

22.5

Colorectum

521,490 (12.2)

23.7

Breast

55,439 (12.4)

93.6

Lung

227,356 (10.7)

35.1

Breast

2,088,849 (11.6)

46.3

Stomach

456,124 (10.6)

20.7

Lung

52,320 (11.7)

32.5

Prostate

212,783 (10.0)

75.7

Colorectum

1,849,518 (10.2)

19.7

Liver

392,868 (9.2)

18.3

Colorectum

47,892 (10.7)

32.1

Colorectum

155,098 (7.3)

25.6

Prostate

1,276,106 (7.1)

29.3

Breast

367,900 (8.6)

36.1

Skin melanoma

17,852 (4.0)

15.0

Bladder

82,501 (3.9)

12.0

Stomach

1,033,701 (5.7)

11.1

All

4,285,033 (100.0)

201.7

All

446,942 (100.0)

319.2

All

2,129,118 (100.0)

352.2

All

18,078,957 (100.0)

197.9

Male

Lung

518,547 (21.9)

47.8

Prostate

56,401 (23.6)

80.7

Prostate

212,783 (18.5)

75.7

Lung

1,368,524 (14.5)

31.5

Stomach

319,470 (13.5)

29.5

Lung

27,008 (11.3)

35.5

Lung

121,408 (10.6)

40.1

Prostate

1,276,106 (13.5)

29.3

Colorectum

303,853 (12.8)

28.1

Colorectum

26,551 (11.1)

37.8

Colorectum

80,829 (7.0)

28.8

Colorectum

1,026,215 (10.9)

23.6

Liver

292,898 (12.4)

27.6

Skin melanoma

9200 (3.8)

15.0

Bladder

63,263 (5.5)

20.0

Stomach

683,754 (7.2)

15.7

Esophagus

214,090 (9.0)

19.7

Bladder

8826 (3.7)

10.8

Skin melanoma

42,108 (3.7)

14.9

Liver

596,574 (6.3)

13.9

All

2,366,010 (100.0)

223.0

All

239,387 (100.0)

344.7

All

1,147,251 (100.0)

393.2

All

9,456,418 (100.0)

218.6

Female

Breast

367,900 (19.2)

36.1

Breast

55,439 (26.7)

93.6

Breast

234,087 (23.8)

84.9

Breast

2,088,849 (24.2)

46.3

Lung

255,776 (13.3)

22.8

Lung

25,312 (12.2)

30.2

Lung

105,948 (10.8)

30.8

Colorectum

823,303 (9.5)

16.3

Colorectum

217,637 (11.3)

19.4

Colorectum

21,341 (10.3)

27.0

Colorectum

74,269 (7.6)

22.6

Lung

725,352 (8.4)

14.6

Thyroid

147,618 (7.7)

15.8

Corpus uteri

10,677 (5.1)

15.6

Corpus uteri

57,004 (5.8)

20.1

Cervix uteri

569,847 (6.6)

13.1

Stomach

136,654 (7.1)

12.3

Skin melanoma

8652 (4.2)

15.3

Thyroid

46,348 (4.7)

22.3

Thyroid

436,344 (5.1)

10.2

All

1,919,023 (100.0)

182.6

All

207,555 (100.0)

299.8

All

981,867 (100.0)

321.2

All

8,622,539 (100.0)

182.6

  1. UK, the United Kingdom; USA, the United States of America; ASR, age-standardized rate