Table 2.
Estimated numbers of cancer deaths and cancer mortality rates in China in 2022.
| Cancer sites | ICD-10 | All |
Male |
Female |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths (×104) |
Crude rate (1/105) |
ASMR (1/105) |
Deaths (×104) |
Crude rate (1/105) |
ASMR (1/105) |
Deaths (×104) |
Crude rate (1/105) |
ASMR (1/105) |
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| Lip, oral cavity & pharynx | C00–10, 12–13 | 3.52 | 2.49 | 1.33 | 2.58 | 3.58 | 2.06 | 0.94 | 1.35 | 0.63 |
| Nasopharynx | C11 | 2.84 | 2.01 | 1.18 | 2.13 | 2.95 | 1.81 | 0.71 | 1.03 | 0.56 |
| Esophagus | C15 | 18.75 | 13.28 | 6.68 | 14.04 | 19.47 | 10.70 | 4.71 | 6.82 | 2.92 |
| Stomach | C16 | 26.04 | 18.44 | 9.39 | 18.16 | 25.18 | 13.77 | 7.88 | 11.41 | 5.34 |
| Colon-rectum | C18–21 | 24.00 | 17.00 | 8.56 | 14.26 | 19.78 | 10.85 | 9.74 | 14.10 | 6.48 |
| Liver | C22 | 31.65 | 22.42 | 12.59 | 22.98 | 31.87 | 19.14 | 8.68 | 12.56 | 6.15 |
| Gallbladder | C23 | 2.45 | 1.74 | 0.87 | 0.98 | 1.36 | 0.74 | 1.47 | 2.13 | 0.99 |
| Pancreas | C25 | 10.63 | 7.53 | 3.88 | 6.11 | 8.47 | 4.73 | 4.52 | 6.55 | 3.06 |
| Larynx | C32 | 1.69 | 1.19 | 0.62 | 1.50 | 2.08 | 1.16 | 0.18 | 0.26 | 0.12 |
| Lung | C33–34 | 73.33 | 51.94 | 26.66 | 51.59 | 71.55 | 39.51 | 21.74 | 31.47 | 14.71 |
| Melanoma of skin | C43 | 0.54 | 0.38 | 0.20 | 0.29 | 0.40 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.36 | 0.18 |
| Female breast | C50 | 7.50 | 10.86 | 6.10 | – | – | – | 7.50 | 10.86 | 6.10 |
| Cervix | C53 | 5.57 | 8.06 | 4.54 | – | – | – | 5.57 | 8.06 | 4.54 |
| Uterus | C54 | 1.35 | 1.96 | 1.05 | – | – | – | 1.35 | 1.96 | 1.05 |
| Ovary | C56 | 3.26 | 4.73 | 2.64 | – | – | – | 3.26 | 4.73 | 2.64 |
| Prostate | C61 | 4.75 | 6.59 | 3.26 | 4.75 | 6.59 | 3.26 | – | – | – |
| Testis | C62 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.07 | – | – | – |
| Kidney | C64 | 2.40 | 1.70 | 0.91 | 1.64 | 2.27 | 1.30 | 0.76 | 1.10 | 0.54 |
| Bladder | C67 | 4.14 | 2.93 | 1.34 | 3.25 | 4.51 | 2.31 | 0.88 | 1.28 | 0.52 |
| Brain, CNS | C70–72 | 5.66 | 4.01 | 2.51 | 3.16 | 4.38 | 2.88 | 2.51 | 3.63 | 2.15 |
| Thyroid | C73 | 1.16 | 0.82 | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.60 | 0.35 | 0.72 | 1.05 | 0.55 |
| Lymphoma | C81–86, 88 | 4.16 | 2.95 | 1.64 | 2.51 | 3.48 | 2.06 | 1.65 | 2.39 | 1.24 |
| Leukemia | C91–95 | 5.01 | 3.55 | 2.37 | 2.92 | 4.04 | 2.78 | 2.09 | 3.03 | 1.97 |
| All other sites⁎ | Other | 16.78 | 11.89 | 6.47 | 9.42 | 13.07 | 7.64 | 7.36 | 10.66 | 5.37 |
| All sites⁎ | All | 257.42 | 182.34 | 96.47 | 162.93 | 225.97 | 127.49 | 94.49 | 136.79 | 67.81 |
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Non-melanoma skin cancer (C44) was included.
Abbreviations: ASMR, age-standardized mortality rate by world standard population (Segi's population); CNS, central nervous system; ICD-10, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision.