Table 2.
Estimated crude and age-standardized cancer incidences by sex during 2023 in Korea
| Site | Crude incidence rates per 100,000 | Age-standardized incidence rates per 100,000a) | ||||
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| Both sexes | Men | Women | Both sexes | Men | Women | |
| All sites | 531.1 | 563.4 | 499.0 | 269.7 | 280.4 | 270.6 |
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| Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx | 8.5 | 12.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 2.6 |
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| Esophagus | 5.4 | 9.5 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 0.6 |
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| Stomach | 48.1 | 63.9 | 32.4 | 21.7 | 30.5 | 14.0 |
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| Colon and rectum | 53.8 | 64.0 | 43.6 | 24.4 | 31.7 | 17.7 |
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| Liverb) | 27.5 | 40.8 | 14.3 | 12.2 | 19.6 | 5.4 |
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| Gallbladderc) | 16.2 | 18.7 | 13.6 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 4.4 |
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| Pancreas | 18.9 | 19.4 | 18.4 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 6.9 |
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| Larynx | 2.0 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.1 |
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| Lungd) | 65.0 | 86.7 | 43.4 | 26.6 | 38.3 | 17.3 |
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| Breast | 56.3 | 0.5 | 111.9 | 33.9 | 0.2 | 67.7 |
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| Cervix uteri | 5.4 | - | 10.8 | 3.5 | - | 7.0 |
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| Corpus uteri | 7.4 | - | 14.8 | 4.3 | - | 8.7 |
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| Ovary | 6.3 | - | 12.6 | 3.8 | - | 7.5 |
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| Prostate | 44.4 | 89.1 | - | 17.9 | 39.0 | - |
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| Testis | 0.7 | 1.4 | - | 0.7 | 1.4 | - |
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| Kidney | 13.3 | 18.4 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 10.1 | 4.2 |
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| Bladder | 10.2 | 16.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 1.3 |
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| Brain and CNS | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
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| Thyroid | 64.1 | 35.4 | 92.7 | 46.9 | 25.4 | 69.4 |
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| Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
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| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 12.3 | 14.2 | 10.4 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 5.5 |
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| Multiple myeloma | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
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| Leukemia | 7.9 | 9.1 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 4.7 |
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| Other and ill defined | 48.4 | 49.4 | 47.4 | 23.4 | 26.1 | 21.0 |
CNS, central nervous system.
a)
Age adjusted to the world standard population,
b)
Includes the liver and intrahepatic bile duct,
c)
Includes the gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract,
d)
Includes the lung and bronchus.