Table 1.
Estimated number of new cases and incidence rates for head and neck cancers by site and continent in two age groups, 35 to 64 years old and 65+ years old, in 2020.
| Continent | 35 to 64 years old | 65+ years old | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Crude Rate | ASR (World) | Number | Crude Rate | ASR (World) | ASR ratio between the two age groups | ||
| Lip and oral cavity | Oceania | 2 260 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 2 063 | 37.9 | 37.7 | 2.6 |
| Europe | 32 006 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 32 772 | 22.9 | 22.8 | 2.5 | |
| Northern America | 12 699 | 9.1 | 8 | 14 293 | 23.1 | 22.9 | 2.9 | |
| Asia | 148 737 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 81 112 | 19.7 | 19.5 | 2.2 | |
| LAC | 9 072 | 4 | 4.1 | 8 134 | 13.9 | 13 | 3.2 | |
| Africa | 8 161 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4 569 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 3.1 | |
| Total | 212935 | 8 | 8 | 142 943 | 19.6 | 19.3 | 2.4 | |
| salivary glands | Northern America | 1 975 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 3 145 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 3.5 |
| Oceania | 206 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 244 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 2.9 | |
| Europe | 3 700 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 5 770 | 4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | |
| Africa | 2 529 | 0.85 | 0.94 | 1 414 | 3 | 3 | 3.2 | |
| LAC | 1 913 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 1 929 | 3.3 | 3 | 3.5 | |
| Asia | 14 809 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 10 273 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | |
| Total | 25 132 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 22 775 | 3.1 | 3 | 3.2 | |
| oropharynx | Northern America | 8 544 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 5 433 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 1.8 |
| Europe | 18 052 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 11 103 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 1.7 | |
| Oceania | 733 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 434 | 8 | 8.8 | 1.9 | |
| LAC | 5 286 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3 364 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 2.3 | |
| Asia | 25 435 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 15 848 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.5 | |
| Africa | 1 982 | 0.66 | 0.77 | 725 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | |
| Total | 60 032 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 36 907 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 2.4 | |
| nasopharynx | Asia | 77 591 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 24 965 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 1.3 |
| Africa | 5 859 | 2 | 2.1 | 1 646 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 1.7 | |
| Europe | 3 061 | 0.98 | 0.93 | 1 783 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | |
| LAC | 1 046 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 773 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.8 | |
| Northern America | 1 267 | 0.9 | 0.85 | 711 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | |
| Oceania | 157 | 1.1 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | |
| Total | 88 981 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 29 934 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 1.3 | |
| hypopharynx | Europe | 11 185 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 7 785 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 1.9 |
| Asia | 32 100 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 24 547 | 6 | 5.9 | 3.1 | |
| Oceania | 102 | 0.69 | 0.65 | 141 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 4.0 | |
| Northern America | 1 155 | 0.82 | 0.71 | 1 301 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.1 | |
| LAC | 1 283 | 0.56 | 0.58 | 1 123 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 | |
| Africa | 1 266 | 0.42 | 0.48 | 650 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.9 | |
| Total | 47 091 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 35 547 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 2.7 | |
| larynx | Europe | 20 291 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 19 494 | 13.6 | 14.6 | 2.6 |
| LAC | 7 417 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 8 591 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 4.4 | |
| Northern America | 6 154 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 7 336 | 11.9 | 12 | 3.2 | |
| Asia | 56 879 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 46 252 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 3.3 | |
| Oceania | 357 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 468 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 3.7 | |
| Africa | 5 523 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 3 970 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 3.8 | |
| Total | 96 621 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 86 111 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 3.3 | |
| H and N cancers | Oceania | 3 815 | 25.6 | 24.7 | 3 406 | 62.5 | 62.7 | 2.5 |
| Europe | 88 295 | 28.4 | 25.4 | 78 707 | 55 | 57.3 | 2.3 | |
| Northern America | 31 794 | 22.7 | 20.0 | 32 219 | 52 | 52.4 | 2.6 | |
| Asia | 355 551 | 21.1 | 21.2 | 202 997 | 49.3 | 49.1 | 2.3 | |
| LAC | 26 017 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 23 914 | 40.8 | 39.1 | 3.3 | |
| Africa | 25 320 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 12 974 | 27.5 | 27.8 | 2.9 | |
| Total | 530 792 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 354 217 | 48.6 | 48.5 | 2.4 | |
Crude, standardized (ASR) incidence rate per 100 000/year, and the ratio between standardized incidence rates for 35 to 64 and 65+ years old. Continents are ranked by 65+ years old crude rate.
LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean.