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. 2025 Dec 30;37(6):912–928. doi: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2025.06.04

Table 2. Estimates of cancer mortality in China by sex, 2022.

Cancer sites All Male Female
Deaths
(×104)
Percentage (%) Crude rate (1/105) Deaths
(×104)
Percentage (%) Crude rate (1/105) Deaths
(×104)
Percentage (%) Crude rate (1/105)
*, Non-melanoma skin cancer (C44) was included. CNS, central nervous system.
Lung 73.33 28.49 51.94 51.59 31.66 71.55 21.74 23.01 31.47
Liver 31.65 12.30 22.42 22.98 14.10 31.87 8.68 9.19 12.56
Stomach 26.04 10.12 18.44 18.16 11.15 25.18 7.88 8.34 11.41
Colon-rectum 24.00 9.32 17.00 14.26 8.75 19.78 9.74 10.31 14.10
Esophagus 18.75 7.28 13.28 14.04 8.62 19.47 4.71 4.98 6.82
Pancreas 10.63 4.13 7.53 6.11 3.75 8.47 4.52 4.78 6.55
Female breast 7.50 2.91 10.86 7.50 7.94 10.86
Brain, CNS 5.66 2.20 4.01 3.16 1.94 4.38 2.51 2.66 3.63
Cervix 5.57 2.16 8.06 5.57 5.89 8.06
Leukemia 5.01 1.95 3.55 2.92 1.79 4.04 2.09 2.21 3.03
Prostate 4.75 1.85 6.59 4.75 2.92 6.59
Lymphoma 4.16 1.62 2.95 2.51 1.54 3.48 1.65 1.75 2.39
Bladder 4.14 1.61 2.93 3.25 1.99 4.51 0.88 0.93 1.28
Lip, oral cavity & pharynx 3.52 1.37 2.49 2.58 1.58 3.58 0.94 0.99 1.35
Ovary 3.26 1.27 4.73 3.26 3.45 4.73
Nasopharynx 2.84 1.10 2.01 2.13 1.31 2.95 0.71 0.75 1.03
Gallbladder 2.45 0.95 1.74 0.98 0.60 1.36 1.47 1.56 2.13
Kidney 2.40 0.93 1.70 1.64 1.01 2.27 0.76 0.80 1.10
Larynx 1.69 0.66 1.19 1.50 0.92 2.08 0.18 0.19 0.26
Uterus 1.35 0.52 1.96 1.35 1.43 1.96
Thyroid 1.16 0.45 0.82 0.43 0.26 0.60 0.72 0.76 1.05
Melanoma of skin 0.54 0.21 0.38 0.29 0.18 0.40 0.25 0.26 0.36
Testis 0.08 0.03 0.11 0.08 0.05 0.11
All sites* 257.42 100 182.34 162.93 100 225.97 94.49 100 136.79