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Ranking of the global cancer deaths by site, 2000 |
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| site |
Number of death (000s) |
Proportion of total (%) |
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| Both sexes |
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| 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 |
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| Males |
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| 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 |
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| Females |
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| 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 |
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