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Table 1 Estimated number of new cancer cases and observed number of cancer deaths in Germany in 2004 (in brackets: age-standardized rates related to European population/2000 U.S. standard population).

From: German cancer statistics 2004

Site

(ICD-10)

Male

Female

 

New Cases

(Incidence rates)

Deaths

(Mortality rates)

New Cases

(Incidence rates)

Deaths

(Mortality rates)

Colorectal (C18-C21)

37,254

(72.6/78.0)

13,748

(26.9/31.4)

36,004

(49.3/55.1)

14,034

(17.0/20.7)

Lung (C33, C34)

32,848

(64.4/67.3)

28,820

(55.9/60.0)

13,188

(21.8/21.8)

11,026

(17.0/17.7)

Breast (C50)

  

57,231

(104.2/102.2)

17,592

(26.8/28.4)

Prostate (C61)

58,574

(112.0/117.7)

11,135

(22.2/29.6)

  

All cancer sites

(C00-C97 except C44)

230,464

(453.6/480.3)

110,745

(218.7/248.7)

206,010

(330.8/344.1)

98,079

(135.2/151.7)