Table 2 The main 5 most common causes of cancer-related deaths and age-standardized mortality 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 | ||||||||
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Tumor location | Deaths (%) | ASR (worldwide, 1/105) | Tumor location | Deaths (%) | ASR (worldwide, 1/105) | Tumor location | Deaths (%) | ASR (worldwide, 1/105) | Tumor location | Deaths (%) | ASR (worldwide, 1/105) |
Both sexes | |||||||||||
Lung | 690,567 (24.1) | 30.9 | Lung | 37,688 (21.1) | 22.2 | Lung | 152,423 (24.7) | 22.1 | Lung | 1,761,007 (18.4) | 18.6 |
Stomach | 390,182 (13.6) | 17.5 | Colorectum | 20,957 (11.7) | 11.1 | Colorectum | 54,611 (8.9) | 8.2 | Colorectum | 880,792 (9.2) | 8.9 |
Liver | 368,960 (12.9) | 17.1 | Prostate | 13,145 (7.4) | 12.7 | Pancreas | 45,574 (7.4) | 6.6 | Stomach | 782,685 (8.2) | 8.2 |
Esophagus | 283,433 (9.9) | 12.7 | Breast | 11,849 (6.6) | 14.4 | Breast | 41,904 (6.8) | 12.7 | Liver | 781,631 (8.2) | 8.5 |
Colorectum | 247,563 (8.6) | 10.9 | Pancreas | 10,043 (5.6) | 6.0 | Liver | 30,485 (4.9) | 4.9 | Breast | 626,679 (6.6) | 13.0 |
All | 2,865,174 (100.0) | 130.1 | All | 178,473 (100.0) | 102.6 | All | 616,714 (100.0) | 91.0 | All | 9,555,027 (100.0) | 101.1 |
Male | |||||||||||
Lung | 472,142 (26.4) | 43.4 | Lung | 19,918 (20.9) | 25.2 | Lung | 81,307 (25.0) | 25.9 | Lung | 1,184,947 (22.0) | 27.1 |
Liver | 273,014 (15.2) | 25.6 | Prostate | 13,145 (13.8) | 12.7 | Prostate | 28,705 (8.8) | 7.7 | Liver | 548,375 (10.2) | 12.7 |
Stomach | 271,013 (15.1) | 25.0 | Colorectum | 11,186 (11.7) | 13.3 | Colorectum | 28,658 (8.8) | 9.6 | Stomach | 513,555 (9.5) | 11.7 |
Esophagus | 197,823 (11.0) | 18.2 | Esophagus | 5812 (6.1) | 7.9 | Pancreas | 23,636 (7.3) | 7.7 | Colorectum | 484,224 (9.0) | 10.8 |
Colorectum | 142,476 (8.0) | 13.1 | Pancreas | 5022 (5.3) | 6.7 | Liver | 20,564 (6.3) | 7.2 | Prostate | 358,989 (6.7) | 7.6 |
All | 1,791,805 (100.0) | 166.6 | All | 95,479 (100.0) | 117.8 | All | 325,254 (100.0) | 104.3 | All | 5,385,640 (100.0) | 122.7 |
Female | |||||||||||
Lung | 218,425 (20.3) | 19.0 | Lung | 17,770 (21.4) | 19.7 | Lung | 71,116 (24.4) | 19.0 | Breast | 626,679 (15.0) | 13.0 |
Stomach | 119,169 (11.1) | 10.4 | Breast | 11,849 (14.3) | 14.4 | Breast | 41,904 (14.4) | 12.7 | Lung | 576,060 (13.8) | 11.2 |
Colorectum | 105,087 (9.8) | 8.8 | Colorectum | 9771 (11.8) | 9.3 | Colorectum | 25,953 (8.9) | 6.9 | Colorectum | 396,568 (9.5) | 7.2 |
Breast | 97,972 (9.1) | 8.8 | Pancreas | 5021 (6.0) | 5.3 | Pancreas | 21,938 (7.5) | 5.6 | Cervix uteri | 311,365 (7.5) | 6.9 |
Liver | 95,946 (8.9) | 8.6 | Ovary | 4155 (5.0) | 4.9 | Ovary | 14,008 (4.8) | 4.1 | Stomach | 269,130 (6.5) | 5.2 |
All | 1,073,369 (100.0) | 95.2 | All | 82,994 (100.0) | 90.6 | All | 291,460 (100.0) | 80.3 | All | 4,169,387 (100.0) | 83.1 |