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 | ||