Table 8

Ranking of the global cancer deaths by site, 2000

site
Number of death (000s)
Proportion of total (%)

Both sexes


Trachea, bronchus, and lung
1211.5
17.2
Stomach
835.1
11.9
Liver
611.4
8.7
Colon and rectum
608.0
8.6
Breast
473.8
6.7
Oesophagus
430.4
6.1
Lymphomas and myeloma
329.9
4.7
Mouth and oropharynx
320.0
4.5
Prostate
264.0
3.8
Leukaemia
263.8
3.8
Cervix uteri
254.2
3.6
Pancreas
222.3
3.2
Bladder
179.4
2.6
Ovary
130.1
1.8
Corpus uteri
73.5
1.0
Melanoma of the skin
65.3
0.9

Males


Trachea, bronchus, and lung
877.2
22.5
Stomach
511.3
13.1
Liver
419.4
10.7
Colon and rectum
312.3
8.0
Oesophagus
272.8
7.0
Prostate
264.0
6.8
Mouth and oropharynx
222.0
5.7
Lymphomas and myeloma
169.6
4.3
Leukaemia
145.4
3.7
Bladder
126.1
3.2
Pancreas
116.8
3.0
Melanoma of the skin
35.0
0.9

Females


Breast
471.2
15.0
Trachea, bronchus, and lung
334.2
10.7
Stomach
323.7
10.3
Colon and rectum
295.7
9.4
Cervix uteri
254.2
8.1
Liver
192.1
6.1
Lymphomas and myeloma
160.2
5.1
Oesophagus
157.6
5.0
Ovary
130.1
4.2
Leukaemia
118.4
3.8
Pancreas
105.5
3.4
Mouth and oropharynx
98.0
3.1
Corpus uteri
73.5
2.3
Bladder
53.4
1.7
Melanoma of the skin
30.3
1.0

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