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Table 3 Estimated global and regional number of total cancer deaths (thousands) and mortality rate (per 100,000) by age, both sexes, 2000

From: Global and regional estimates of cancer mortality and incidence by site: II. results for the global burden of disease 2000

Region

Age-group

 

0–4

5–14

15–29

30–44

45–59

60–69

70–79

80+

Total

Number of deaths (000s)

World

46.0

49.4

141.3

462.1

1,503.0

1,852.4

1,901.0

1,078.7

7,033.9

AfrD

5.0

2.5

10.7

26.3

59.2

70.0

66.5

31.5

271.6

AfrE

4.9

2.6

15.2

33.1

65.0

76.4

72.1

31.5

300.8

AmrA

0.6

1.2

3.9

23.1

102.4

132.3

194.5

168.1

626.2

AmrB

3.2

4.4

10.7

31.7

86.4

94.3

103.5

66.6

400.8

AmrD

1.0

1.4

2.7

6.4

14.8

16.0

18.9

11.5

72.9

EmrB

1.2

2.0

3.8

8.0

19.2

18.2

17.8

7.7

77.8

EmrD

1.9

2.5

4.3

10.6

17.8

15.1

13.2

4.3

69.7

EurA

0.7

1.5

5.3

31.3

154.1

238.2

350.9

279.8

1,061.7

EurB1

0.7

1.1

3.9

16.6

59.3

76.6

69.8

26.5

254.5

EurB2

0.2

0.6

1.4

4.3

7.9

10.9

7.5

1.9

34.8

EurC

0.8

1.7

5.8

28.4

114.2

162.1

146.1

44.5

503.7

SearB

2.9

4.0

7.9

30.9

90.0

79.8

59.1

25.9

300.6

SearD

12.9

11.9

32.7

65.1

189.0

262.1

192.2

109.2

875.1

WprA

0.2

0.4

1.6

7.7

49.6

77.6

104.2

90.4

331.6

WprB1

8.9

10.6

28.5

128.2

451.6

503.1

467.5

165.6

1,764.0

WprB2

0.9

1.0

3.0

9.5

21.4

18.9

16.7

13.3

84.8

WprB3

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.6

1.2

0.7

0.4

0.2

3.4

Age-specific mortality rate per 100,000

World

7.6

4.1

9.0

36.3

186.8

548.2

965.1

1,702.1

116.5

AfrD

9.1

2.8

11.6

49.5

210.0

667.6

1,386.4

2,799.0

81.4

AfrE

8.5

2.7

16.3

63.6

243.8

798.9

1,612.8

2,932.2

89.1

AmrA

2.9

2.6

6.3

31.5

178.2

581.8

1,074.1

1,901.0

203.1

AmrB

7.0

4.9

8.6

34.1

159.9

463.9

895.3

1,773.8

90.7

AmrD

10.7

8.2

13.3

51.0

211.0

593.4

1,354.4

2,827.8

102.3

EmrB

7.3

5.7

9.1

31.5

144.0

374.6

688.6

1,182.8

55.8

EmrD

10.2

7.5

11.0

41.5

129.5

305.6

540.6

716.3

50.5

EurA

3.2

3.1

6.6

33.1

196.8

570.4

1,109.9

2,089.7

259.6

EurB1

5.7

4.2

9.0

47.1

226.3

602.5

874.0

1,325.3

153.5

EurB2

3.7

4.8

10.0

41.5

172.8

450.4

584.6

550.4

68.4

EurC

6.7

5.1

10.4

51.3

266.1

656.0

911.4

1,012.8

205.4

SearB

7.1

5.0

7.0

36.7

192.9

442.1

679.3

1,109.6

76.2

SearD

8.0

3.9

8.8

24.9

124.6

448.9

681.4

1,499.2

64.9

WprA

2.4

2.3

5.1

25.9

153.3

471.8

927.3

1,907.7

222.6

WprB1

8.6

4.5

8.4

38.1

218.2

617.6

1,080.7

1,435.2

130.0

WprB2

5.9

3.3

7.2

31.7

152.4

312.2

525.6

1,540.4

59.7

WprB3

4.3

4.3

8.2

47.8

173.4

280.3

378.4

1,162.9

49.1