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Table 14 Estimated global and regional number of new cases and age-standardised incidence rate of cancer by site, males, 2000

From: Global and regional estimates of cancer mortality and incidence by site: II. results for the global burden of disease 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 new cases (000s)

Mouth and oropharynx cancers

267.1

12.1

16.5

11.3

10.4

0.9

2.6

1.7

28.7

7.4

0.9

17.8

16.0

98.1

6.5

29.7

6.1

0.5

Oesophagus cancer

286.5

5.1

14.1

12.4

11.1

0.7

1.9

0.8

22.8

3.6

1.8

10.7

3.8

42.0

10.1

142.7

3.0

0.0

Stomach cancer

589.3

13.3

10.9

11.8

29.7

8.7

8.6

2.5

45.6

17.2

4.0

48.6

8.6

30.1

40.6

300.9

7.6

0.1

Colon and rectum cancers

527.8

9.5

12.0

85.6

21.2

2.2

3.2

3.1

133.8

21.5

1.4

42.8

21.4

25.7

49.2

91.0

3.8

0.1

Liver cancer

422.0

20.0

23.6

9.0

9.5

2.9

3.1

2.3

26.1

6.0

0.7

7.9

28.6

18.4

24.6

232.8

6.2

0.2

Pancreas cancer

119.3

1.5

2.8

16.5

8.1

1.2

0.9

1.0

27.4

5.9

1.0

11.4

3.7

7.3

11.5

18.7

0.5

0.0

Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers

939.9

7.4

9.8

112.1

38.5

1.7

9.3

7.4

172.0

49.5

3.9

89.3

43.1

107.8

46.9

227.8

13.1

0.3

Melanoma of the skin

118.2

3.5

3.4

61.8

5.3

0.9

0.3

0.2

22.6

3.2

0.3

4.0

1.2

2.1

6.7

2.6

0.1

0.1

Breast 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

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

550.2

36.5

28.2

165.7

46.0

8.6

3.2

2.7

139.1

15.2

0.8

22.3

13.4

29.6

28.1

9.5

1.2

0.0

Bladder cancer

277.2

10.6

7.3

60.3

8.1

0.8

4.1

14.4

65.1

12.1

1.2

17.8

7.7

27.8

13.5

24.8

1.5

0.0

Lymphomas, multiple myeloma

238.5

20.3

18.6

36.2

13.4

2.8

6.5

5.2

39.3

7.8

1.3

7.4

13.3

36.5

11.8

15.2

2.6

0.2

Leukaemia

195.2

6.3

9.2

20.6

13.1

2.9

3.4

5.3

25.6

6.6

1.1

9.3

10.7

28.2

6.7

44.0

2.2

0.1

Other malignant neoplasms

635.8

24.2

33.5

84.8

54.2

8.6

10.3

6.2

128.4

32.5

4.7

56.3

24.2

77.8

35.8

47.7

6.4

0.3

Age-standardised incidence rate per 100,000

Mouth and oropharynx cancers

8.8

12.9

18.4

5.0

5.5

3.3

4.9

3.6

8.6

7.4

4.5

10.9

9.3

18.5

4.7

3.9

12.0

21.7

Oesophagus cancer

9.4

5.7

16.8

5.1

5.9

3.1

3.8

1.7

6.0

3.4

9.4

6.3

2.2

8.2

6.6

19.2

6.3

2.0

Stomach cancer

19.4

15.0

13.0

4.6

15.8

35.8

17.4

5.5

11.0

16.4

21.3

28.8

5.2

5.9

25.6

40.8

15.9

3.8

Colon and rectum cancers

17.3

10.4

14.6

34.4

11.3

9.2

6.3

6.5

33.0

20.4

7.1

25.1

12.9

4.9

32.4

12.3

7.8

5.8

Liver cancer

13.7

20.3

24.7

3.7

5.0

11.4

6.4

5.0

6.4

5.7

3.6

4.8

16.0

3.2

16.2

30.8

12.1

9.9

Pancreas cancer

3.9

1.6

3.5

6.5

4.3

4.8

1.8

2.3

6.8

5.7

5.3

6.8

2.2

1.5

7.3

2.5

1.0

0.2

Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers

30.9

8.3

12.0

44.8

20.6

6.9

18.9

16.6

43.3

47.1

20.6

52.2

27.5

20.3

28.9

30.8

26.4

14.7

Melanoma of the skin

3.9

3.8

3.7

27.2

2.8

3.7

0.6

0.3

6.6

3.1

1.6

2.6

0.7

0.4

4.9

0.3

0.3

3.6

Breast 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

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

18.0

45.0

38.9

63.7

24.8

36.3

6.9

6.5

31.8

14.1

4.4

12.8

8.6

5.8

17.1

1.3

2.5

2.3

Bladder cancer

9.0

12.0

8.8

24.4

4.3

3.3

8.5

30.5

16.1

11.6

6.4

10.7

4.6

4.8

8.7

3.5

3.1

1.4

Lymphomas, multiple myeloma

7.8

18.2

17.0

15.3

6.8

10.7

10.6

8.6

10.9

8.1

6.2

5.1

7.6

6.1

8.2

2.1

4.5

7.1

Leukaemia

6.4

5.5

7.7

8.9

6.3

8.6

5.1

7.8

7.5

7.2

4.3

6.8

5.7

4.3

5.8

6.7

3.3

3.3

Other malignant neoplasms

20.8

24.1

37.1

39.9

27.2

31.0

19.1

11.3

39.1

32.8

22.4

37.5

13.5

13.7

27.0

6.6

12.4

11.2