Table 4.
Estimated crude and age-standardized cancer mortality rates by sex during 2023 in Korea
| Site | Crude mortality rates per 100,000 | Age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000a) | ||||
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| Both sexes | Men | Women | Both sexes | Men | Women | |
| All sites | 159.1 | 194.0 | 124.4 | 61.1 | 85.0 | 43.2 |
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| Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx | 2.5 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.5 |
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| Esophagus | 2.4 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
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| Stomach | 9.7 | 12.7 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 2.0 |
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| Colon and rectum | 17.1 | 18.9 | 15.2 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 4.6 |
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| Liverb) | 18.2 | 26.7 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 12.1 | 3.0 |
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| Gallbladderc) | 11.0 | 12.0 | 10.1 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 2.8 |
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| Pancreas | 14.7 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 4.7 |
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| Larynx | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
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| Lungd) | 36.1 | 53.7 | 18.5 | 13.0 | 22.4 | 5.7 |
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| Breast | 5.8 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 5.7 |
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| Cervix uteri | 1.4 | - | 2.8 | 0.7 | - | 1.4 |
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| Corpus uteri | 0.9 | - | 1.7 | 0.4 | - | 0.8 |
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| Ovary | 2.8 | - | 5.6 | 1.3 | - | 2.5 |
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| Prostate | 4.7 | 9.5 | - | 1.5 | 3.7 | - |
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| Testis | 0.0 | 0.1 | - | 0.0 | 0.1 | - |
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| Kidney | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
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| Bladder | 3.1 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
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| Brain and CNS | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
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| Thyroid | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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| Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
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| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.3 |
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| Multiple myeloma | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
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| Leukemia | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 |
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| Other and ill defined | 11.7 | 13.2 | 10.2 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 3.4 |
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.