Table 4

Ranking of the selected regional cancer incidence by site, 2000
WHO sub region
AfrE (high child and adult mortality)
 EurA (very low child and adult mortality)
 SearB (low child and adult mortality)
Site
 Number of new cases (000s)
 Proportion of total (%)
 Site
 Number of new cases (000s)
 Proportion of total (%)
 Site
 Number of new cases (000s)
 Proportion of total (%)
Both sexes







Cervix uteri
 67.9
 16.4
 Colon and rectum
 264.7
 15.4
 Breast
 53.9
 12.3
Breast
 39.8
 9.6
 Trachea, bronchus and lung
 227.3
 13.2
 Trachea, bronchus and lung
 51.4
 11.7
Liver
 34.7
 8.3
 Breast
 221.8
 12.9
 Colon and rectum
 44.3
 10.1
Prostate
 28.2
 6.8
 Prostate
 139.1
 8.1
 Liver
 40.3
 9.2
Mouth and oropharynx
 27.9
 6.7
 Bladder
 86.5
 5.0
 Cervix uteri
 32.8
 7.5
Lymphomas and multiple myeloma
 26.6
 6.4
 Lymphomas and multiple myeloma
 80.2
 4.7
 Mouth and oropharynx
 25.4
 5.8
Oesophagus
 21.2
 5.1
 Stomach
 79.6
 4.6
 Lymphomas and multiple myeloma
 22.9
 5.2
Colon and rectum
 20.3
 4.9
 Corpus uteri
 68.3
 4.0
 Leukaemia
 21.5
 4.9
Stomach
 19.4
 4.7
 Pancreas
 55.5
 3.2
 Corpus uteri
 19.9
 4.5
Leukaemia
 16.2
 3.9
 Melanoma of the skin
 49.1
 2.8
 Ovary
 18.1
 4.1
Trachea, bronchus and lung
 14.8
 3.6
 Leukaemia
 48.6
 2.8
 Stomach
 15.3
 3.5
Ovary
 12.2
 2.9
 Liver
 40.1
 2.3
 Prostate
 13.4
 3.1
Bladder
 10.7
 2.6
 Ovary
 39.4
 2.3
 Bladder
 10.1
 2.3
Melanoma of the skin
 7.7
 1.8
 Mouth and oropharynx
 38.6
 2.2
 Pancreas
 7.2
 1.7
Corpus uteri
 6.0
 1.4
 Oesophagus
 31.2
 1.8
 Oesophagus
 6.2
 1.4
Pancreas
 5.4
 1.3
 Cervix uteri
 18.8
 1.1
 Melanoma of the skin
 3.1
 0.7
Male

Male

Male

Prostate
 28.2
 14.8
 Trachea, bronchus and lung
 172.0
 19.6
 Trachea, bronchus and lung
 43.1
 22.0
Liver
 23.6
 12.4
 Prostate
 139.1
 15.9
 Liver
 28.6
 14.6
Lymphomas and multiple myeloma
 18.6
 9.8
 Colon and rectum
 133.8
 15.3
 Colon and rectum
 21.4
 11.0
Mouth and oropharynx
 16.5
 8.7
 Bladder
 65.1
 7.4
 Mouth and oropharynx
 16.0
 8.2
Oesophagus
 14.1
 7.4
 Stomach
 45.6
 5.2
 Prostate
 13.4
 6.9
Colon and rectum
 12.0
 6.3
 Lymphomas and multiple myeloma
 39.3
 4.5
 Lymphomas and multiple myeloma
 13.3
 6.8
Stomach
 10.9
 5.8
 Mouth and oropharynx
 28.7
 3.3
 Leukaemia
 10.7
 5.5
Trachea, bronchus and lung
 9.8
 5.2
 Pancreas
 27.4
 3.1
 Stomach
 8.6
 4.4
Leukaemia
 9.2
 4.9
 Liver
 26.1
 3.0
 Bladder
 7.7
 3.9
Bladder
 7.3
 3.8
 Leukaemia
 25.6
 2.9
 Oesophagus
 3.8
 1.9
Melanoma of the skin
 3.4
 1.8
 Oesophagus
 22.8
 2.6
 Pancreas
 3.7
 1.9
Pancreas
 2.8
 1.5
 Melanoma of the skin
 22.6
 2.6
 Melanoma of the skin
 1.2
 0.6
Female

Female

Female

Cervix uteri
 67.9
 30.2
 Breast
 221.8
 26.2
 Breast
 53.9
 22.3
Breast
 39.8
 17.7
 Colon and rectum
 131.0
 15.4
 Cervix uteri
 32.8
 13.6
Ovary
 12.2
 5.4
 Corpus uteri
 68.3
 8.1
 Colon and rectum
 22.8
 9.4
Mouth and oropharynx
 11.4
 5.1
 Trachea, bronchus and lung
 55.3
 6.5
 Corpus uteri
 19.9
 8.2
Liver
 11.1
 4.9
 Lymphomas and multiple myeloma
 40.9
 4.8
 Ovary
 18.1
 7.5
Stomach
 8.4
 3.7
 Ovary
 39.4
 4.6
 Liver
 11.7
 4.8
Colon and rectum
 8.2
 3.7
 Stomach
 33.9
 4.0
 Leukaemia
 10.8
 4.5
Lymphomas and multiple myeloma
 8.0
 3.6
 Pancreas
 28.1
 3.3
 Lymphomas and multiple myeloma
 9.6
 4.0
Oesophagus
 7.2
 3.2
 Melanoma of the skin
 26.5
 3.1
 Mouth and oropharynx
 9.4
 3.9
Leukaemia
 7.0
 3.1
 Leukaemia
 23.0
 2.7
 Trachea, bronchus and lung
 8.3
 3.4
Corpus uteri
 6.0
 2.7
 Bladder
 21.4
 2.5
 Stomach
 6.7
 2.8
Trachea, bronchus and lung
 5.0
 2.2
 Cervix uteri
 18.8
 2.2
 Pancreas
 3.6
 1.5
Melanoma of the skin
 4.3
 1.9
 Liver
 14.0
 1.7
 Oesophagus
 2.5
 1.0
Bladder
 3.4
 1.5
 Mouth and oropharynx
 9.9
 1.2
 Bladder
 2.4
 1.0
Pancreas
 2.6
 1.2
 Oesophagus
 8.4
 1.0
 Melanoma of the skin
 1.9
 0.8

Shibuya et al. BMC Cancer 2003 3:20   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-3-20