Table 6

Estimated global and regional number of cancer deaths and age-standardised mortality rate by site, males, 2000


WHO sub region



World
 AFRO
 AMRO
 EMRO
 EURO
 SEARO
 WPRO


Site
D
 E
 A
 B
 D
 B
 D
 A
 B1
 B2
 C
 B
 D
 A
 B1
 B2
 B3
Number of deaths (000s)
Mouth and oropharynx cancers
 222.4
 10.7
 14.3
 6.6
 8.5
 0.7
 2.0
 1.5
 19.2
 6.0
 0.8
 14.7
 13.1
 88.9
 4.1
 25.5
 5.4
 0.4
Oesophagus cancer
 273.6
 4.9
 13.8
 11.6
 10.5
 0.7
 1.8
 0.7
 21.4
 3.4
 1.7
 10.0
 3.3
 41.9
 9.4
 135.7
 2.9
 0.0
Stomach cancer
 512.0
 12.0
 9.8
 10.0
 25.8
 7.6
 7.5
 2.3
 38.9
 14.9
 3.5
 42.2
 7.1
 28.1
 34.3
 261.1
 6.8
 0.1
Colon and rectum cancers
 311.8
 7.4
 8.8
 36.1
 14.4
 1.6
 2.2
 2.3
 72.1
 14.3
 1.0
 28.7
 13.9
 19.6
 23.1
 63.3
 2.9
 0.1
Liver cancer
 414.9
 20.6
 23.5
 8.7
 9.3
 2.8
 3.0
 2.3
 25.3
 5.8
 0.7
 7.8
 25.9
 17.3
 23.8
 231.5
 6.3
 0.2
Pancreas cancer
 117.0
 1.5
 2.7
 16.0
 7.9
 1.1
 0.9
 1.0
 26.7
 5.8
 1.0
 11.2
 3.5
 7.6
 11.2
 18.4
 0.5
 0.0
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
 877.3
 7.0
 9.4
 101.4
 36.1
 1.6
 8.7
 7.1
 158.0
 46.6
 3.8
 83.6
 40.8
 102.7
 43.2
 214.6
 12.4
 0.3
Melanoma of the skin
 35.1
 2.4
 2.2
 7.7
 3.3
 0.6
 0.2
 0.1
 8.3
 2.0
 0.2
 2.5
 0.7
 1.4
 1.7
 1.6
 0.1
 0.0
Breast cancer
 2.6
 0.0
 0.0
 0.5
 0.3
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.9
 0.2
 0.1
 0.5
 0.0
 0.0
 0.1
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
Cervix uteri cancer
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
Corpus uteri cancer
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
Ovary cancer
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
Prostate cancer
 263.6
 26.0
 19.2
 39.6
 30.4
 5.8
 2.1
 1.7
 70.2
 9.4
 0.5
 13.3
 8.1
 19.8
 10.4
 6.1
 0.9
 0.0
Bladder cancer
 123.9
 6.9
 4.3
 10.3
 4.9
 0.5
 2.6
 7.7
 27.1
 7.1
 0.7
 10.4
 4.4
 15.9
 4.1
 15.9
 1.0
 0.0
Lymphomas, multiple myeloma
 168.6
 15.9
 13.7
 23.1
 9.6
 2.1
 4.1
 3.6
 27.6
 5.6
 0.9
 5.4
 9.6
 26.1
 7.8
 11.2
 2.0
 0.1
Leukaemia
 145.3
 5.2
 6.9
 14.5
 9.6
 2.0
 2.3
 3.7
 20.0
 5.4
 0.8
 7.8
 7.6
 21.0
 4.9
 31.9
 1.7
 0.1
Other malignant neoplasms
 425.2
 18.7
 25.6
 39.0
 36.5
 6.0
 7.5
 4.2
 79.1
 24.0
 3.2
 41.3
 16.6
 60.5
 20.4
 37.4
 5.0
 0.2
Age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000
Mouth and oropharynx cancers
 7.3
 11.7
 16.6
 2.8
 4.5
 2.8
 4.0
 3.1
 5.5
 5.9
 4.0
 9.0
 8.0
 16.7
 2.8
 3.4
 10.7
 18.4
Oesophagus cancer
 9.0
 5.5
 16.4
 4.8
 5.6
 3.0
 3.6
 1.6
 5.6
 3.2
 9.0
 5.9
 2.1
 7.9
 6.1
 18.3
 6.1
 1.9
Stomach cancer
 16.8
 13.5
 11.7
 3.9
 13.7
 31.5
 15.1
 4.9
 9.3
 14.2
 18.7
 25.1
 4.5
 5.3
 21.5
 35.5
 14.2
 3.3
Colon and rectum cancers
 10.2
 8.1
 11.0
 13.7
 7.6
 6.5
 4.2
 4.8
 17.0
 13.6
 5.2
 17.0
 8.9
 3.7
 14.6
 8.7
 6.0
 4.1
Liver cancer
 13.6
 20.9
 25.6
 3.6
 4.9
 11.1
 6.2
 5.0
 6.2
 5.6
 3.6
 4.6
 15.9
 3.1
 15.7
 30.5
 12.2
 10.1
Pancreas cancer
 3.8
 1.6
 3.4
 6.3
 4.2
 4.7
 1.8
 2.2
 6.6
 5.6
 5.3
 6.7
 2.2
 1.5
 7.1
 2.5
 1.0
 0.2
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
 28.8
 7.9
 11.5
 40.1
 19.3
 6.5
 17.7
 15.9
 39.5
 44.2
 19.7
 48.9
 26.0
 19.4
 26.3
 29.1
 25.1
 13.8
Melanoma of the skin
 1.2
 2.7
 2.6
 3.2
 1.7
 2.5
 0.4
 0.2
 2.2
 2.0
 1.1
 1.6
 0.5
 0.3
 1.1
 0.2
 0.2
 2.4
Breast cancer
 0.1
 0.0
 0.0
 0.2
 0.2
 0.1
 0.0
 0.0
 0.2
 0.2
 0.3
 0.3
 0.0
 0.0
 0.1
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
Cervix uteri cancer
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
Corpus uteri cancer
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
Ovary cancer
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
Prostate cancer
 8.7
 33.3
 27.9
 12.7
 16.2
 24.9
 4.5
 4.3
 14.3
 8.8
 2.9
 7.8
 5.6
 4.1
 5.7
 0.9
 1.9
 1.5
Bladder cancer
 4.1
 8.4
 5.8
 3.6
 2.6
 2.2
 5.6
 17.7
 6.0
 6.7
 4.0
 6.1
 2.9
 3.1
 2.3
 2.3
 2.3
 0.8
Lymphomas, multiple myeloma
 5.5
 15.1
 13.5
 9.2
 4.9
 8.3
 7.3
 6.3
 7.1
 5.7
 4.4
 3.5
 5.8
 4.6
 5.1
 1.5
 3.6
 5.5
Leukaemia
 4.8
 4.9
 6.7
 5.9
 4.7
 6.5
 3.7
 5.9
 5.4
 5.7
 3.4
 5.3
 4.2
 3.3
 3.9
 4.6
 2.6
 2.6
Other malignant neoplasms
 14.0
 20.2
 31.0
 16.6
 18.9
 23.0
 14.6
 8.4
 21.4
 23.6
 16.0
 26.1
 10.2
 11.3
 13.6
 5.2
 10.3
 8.5

Shibuya et al. BMC Cancer 2002 2:37   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-2-37