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. 2026 Jan 16;20:2060. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2026.2060

Table 3. DALY trends for cancers by type, gender and province (1990–2019).

DALYs 1990 2000 2010 2019 AAPC between 1990 and 2019
(95% CI)
Cases
(95% UI)
ASR/100,000
(95% UI)
Cases
(95% UI)
ASR/100,000
(95% UI)
Cases
(95% UI)
ASR/100,000
(95% UI)
Cases
(95% UI)
ASR/100,000
(95% UI)
Cancer subtype
Acute lymphoid leukemia 52,913
(29,445–107,459)
33.56
(20.26–63.32)
79,057
(50,412–137,802)
40.95
(27.61–67.32)
105,241
(74,371–154,819)
43.01
(31.21–61.67)
127,533
(93,911–175,502)
45.07
(33.56–61.62)
3.15
(2.94–3.33)
Acute myeloid leukemia 34,235
(24,347–52,244)
29.19
(22.9–38.58)
50,750
(35,333–72,268)
34.76
(26.72–44.72)
69,420
(50,571–89,775)
37.34
(28.99–46.69)
90,151
(67,285–116,288)
40.05
(31.26–50.17)
3.43
(3.34–3.52)
Bladder cancer 61,139
(49,708–73,023)
109.48
(88.37–131.19)
82,347
(70,817–95,039)
127.51
(109.57–147.61)
107,072
(86,734–129,235)
131.55
(107–157.67)
139,936
(110,285–178,027)
129.29
(102.16–164.53)
2.9
(2.88–2.92)
Brain and central nervous system cancer 107,535
(69,104–170,537)
86.05
(62.68–124.58)
146,689
(96,828–210,688)
99.27
(70.43–132.65)
191,150
(127,521–246,505)
101.25
(71.11–127.47)
237,760
(161,752–309,213)
105.47
(72.77–137.31)
2.84
(2.75–2.93)
Breast cancer 325,816
(239,525–433,840)
492.19
(360.72–660.87)
558,810
(463,595–666,625)
680.4
(559.98–824.85)
788,356
(617,517–985,305)
733.76
(578.57–905.46)
1,119,378
(847,412–1,520,925)
783.3
(597.3–1,054.53)
4.38
(4.35–4.42)
Cervical cancer 48,396
(39,053–60,790)
70.9
(57.13–89.6)
77,330
(59,093–94,344)
89.66
(69.01–109.04)
91,182
(67,918–119,158)
79.68
(60.12–102.99)
110,786
(78,203–158,090)
73.05
(52.23–102.66)
2.91
(2.88–2.94)
Chronic lymphoid leukemia 10,556
(8,653–13,072)
17.64
(14.49–21.87)
16,097
(13,462–19,232)
22.65
(18.95–27)
21,023
(16,909–25,926)
23.16
(18.86–28.58)
27,827
(21,960–35,968)
22.99
(18.43–29.18)
3.4
(3.38–3.43)
Chronic myeloid leukemia 41,818
(20,055–86,132)
36.54
(24.01–58.51)
49,378
(29,551–84,465)
37.75
(26.9–53.47)
51,387
(33,405–78,919)
31.92
(22.65–43.72)
54,960
(40,157–76,659)
27.79
(21.05–36.46)
0.99
(0.9–1.07)
Colon and rectum cancer 77,682
(66,197–89,591)
127.68
(109.09–147.26)
133,571
(116,797–151,591)
181.75
(158.91–205.35)
181,777
(150,972–216,924)
192.06
(160.07–227.44)
249,316
(199,384–312,981)
198.31
(159.17–248.72)
4.11
(4.09–4.14)
Esophageal cancer 112,246
(95,366–131,766)
185.61
(157.4–216.94)
167,010
(141,944–188,794)
229.15
(193.3–258.95)
208,464
(170,019–248,539)
221.22
(181.92–263.45)
260,192
(204,466–323,900)
207.08
(165.9–255.39)
2.97
(2.94–3.02)
Gallbladder and biliary tract cancer 40,914
(33,942–52,082)
68.96
(56.57–88.1)
66,236
(54,532–77,235)
93.4
(77.11–109.51)
79,863
(64,511–95,782)
88.26
(71.58–105.73)
100,554
(78,212–127,934)
83.66
(65.6–104.73)
3.15
(3.12–3.18)
Hodgkin lymphoma 57,459
(41,974–74,380)
60.23
(45.53–77.24)
85,412
(59,691–107,529)
68.88
(50.41–85.93)
105,391
(72,629–133,887)
63.04
(45.26–79.08)
122,851
(86,562–161,684)
57.51
(41.62–75.57)
2.67
(2.61–2.72)
Kidney cancer 13,110
(10,753–16,621)
17.58
(14.49–21.21)
21,602
(17,570–26,277)
24.86
(21.41–29.31)
31,826
(25,202–39,663)
28.75
(23.26–35.71)
44,131
(33,808–58,932)
30.95
(23.5–41.47)
4.33
(4.27–4.41)
Larynx cancer 97,326
(81,027–116,131)
159.62
(132.98–190.39)
143,876
(122,546–167,576)
194.59
(165.59–226.27)
167,204
(132,804–206,065)
173.34
(138.54–213.09)
200,054
(153,489–264,943)
155.08
(119.63–203.66)
2.55
(2.52–2.59)
Leukemia 195,066
(118,387–293,639)
157.38
(112.13–209.06)
254,966
(181,729–356,229)
173.82
(137.71–220.96)
306,782
(233,892–394,884)
166.83
(134.57–204.08)
363,565
(290,877–449,774)
164.17
(134.44–198.88)
2.21
(2.1–2.3)
Lip and oral cavity cancer 222,000
(188,451–262,436)
343.14
(293.41–405.54)
354,194
(307,565–405,176)
441.29
(382.48–504.58)
453,821
(378,474–543,346)
430.09
(361.61–513.01)
594,089
(471,317–754,897)
421.87
(338.19–535.02)
3.45
(3.42–3.48)
Liver cancer 64,587
(47,309–84,080)
91.77
(63.93–122.11)
85,075
(69,774–102,029)
101.48
(80.91–124.33)
106,355
(87,421–125,805)
98.05
(78.27–118.19)
129,034
(104,785–157,625)
91.09
(73.72–112.15)
2.45
(2.42–2.49)
Malignant skin melanoma 7,829
(5,670–10,053)
11.06
(8.18–14.02)
11,706
(7,579–14,845)
13.21
(8.83–16.36)
15,103
(9,622–18,813)
12.89
(8.58–16)
19,920
(12,886–26,235)
12.87
(8.37–16.85)
3.27
(3.24–3.3)
Mesothelioma 2,054
(1,064–3,589)
3.15
(1.67–5.63)
3,333
(1,845–5,970)
4.18
(2.41–7.2)
4,416
(2,613–7,400)
4.28
(2.64–6.95)
5,904
(3,503–9,531)
4.32
(2.64–6.78)
3.72
(3.69–3.74)
Multiple myeloma 18,661
(15,288–23,349)
31.37
(25.5–39.4)
26,423
(21,203–31,382)
37.34
(29.8–43.92)
34,184
(27,351–41,880)
37.49
(29.39–45.71)
45,287
(33,714–57,255)
37.23
(27.61–46.49)
3.11
(3.08–3.14)
Nasopharynx cancer 32,396
(27,566–37,064)
46.51
(39.57–53.31)
45,741
(39,388–52,862)
51.8
(44.4–59.9)
57,538
(47,469–68,683)
48.74
(40.17–58.39)
71,647
(57,194–88,599)
45.65
(36.3–57.03)
2.79
(2.76–2.82)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 41,518
(25,573–58,531)
47.02
(31.63–62.24)
67,065
(40,191–96,740)
61.32
(39.24–85.45)
93,632
(55,664–138,747)
65.97
(41.25–96.76)
122,027
(77,460–178,060)
67.09
(44.73–96.9)
3.83
(3.76–3.91)
Non-melanoma skin cancer (basal-cell carcinoma) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–0) 1 (0–1) 0 (0–0) 3.05 (3.05–3.06)
Non-melanoma skin cancer (squamous-cell carcinoma) 4,451
(2,494–6,033)
7.88
(4.3–10.72)
5,386
(3,903–6,827)
8.23
(5.71–10.41)
6,551
(4,899–8,431)
7.88
(5.78–10.07)
8,461
(6,470–10,953)
7.65
(5.68–9.87)
2.23
(2.21–2.26)
Other leukemia 55,545
(21,606–102,315)
40.44
(19.22–66.14)
59,682
(30,399–103,529)
37.71
(22.21–57.3)
59,712
(36,841–92,201)
31.39
(21.55–44.93)
63,093
(42,445–93,641)
28.27
(20.15–39.41)
0.48
(0.38–0.57)
Other pharynx cancer 55,836
(46,823–66,945)
89.28
(74.67–107.28)
87,425
(75,528–102,164)
113.56
(97.76–132.4)
113,016
(91,181–139,624)
111.86
(90.43–138.18)
148,444
(114,299–193,527)
109.78
(84.18–143.17)
3.45
(3.42–3.48)
Ovarian cancer 46,538
(35,377–57,205)
70.03
(54.01–86.55)
78,814
(57,332–97,120)
96.28
(73.52–118.43)
142,832
(93,099–197,498)
132.98
(88.59–183.56)
241,404
(122,744–390,862)
168.77
(88.55–272.27)
5.85
(5.81–5.88)
Pancreatic cancer 20,993
(17,490–24,304)
35.74
(29.84–41.53)
34,130
(29,742–38,993)
49.38
(42.99–56.3)
54,812
(44,649–66,104)
62.05
(50.57–74.82)
81,818
(63,158–105,869)
69.62
(54.01–89.47)
4.87
(4.81–4.93)
Prostate cancer 50,396
(36,066–67,442)
97.18
(70.1–131.84)
61,536
(45,036–73,236)
109.08
(80.99–130.05)
72,654
(51,906–93,000)
105.21
(77.33–132.82)
95,910
(68,727–127,158)
104.52
(76.74–136.75)
2.23
(2.2–2.27)
Stomach cancer 100,449
(82,664–117,355)
165.67
(134.8–193.87)
149,096
(130,092–168,468)
203.33
(176.76–230.39)
176,558
(146,456–207,219)
186.66
(155.83–218.04)
204,475
(166,415–252,396)
162.7
(133.94–198.78)
2.5
(2.48–2.53)
Testicular cancer 15,079
(12,454–18,471)
15.46
(12.55–18.87)
24,700
(20,058–30,491)
19.3
(15.69–23.5)
33,813
(25,146–44,678)
19.89
(14.72–26.14)
45,891
(32,596–64,455)
21.06
(14.99–29.52)
3.9
(3.86–3.94)
Thyroid cancer 16,908
(14,563–19,904)
23.94
(20.77–28.23)
29,276
(24,423–33,728)
33.09
(28.17–37.62)
38,327
(31,722–45,824)
33.09
(27.77–39.04)
49,409
(39,271–60,858)
32.29
(26.35–39.3)
3.78
(3.75–3.81)
Tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer 214,427
(181,841–248,653)
361.3
(305.47–420.49)
329,901
(280,892–383,936)
464.18
(396.05–540.62)
416,861
(321,808–524,148)
453.8
(350.78–567.63)
522,648
(400,317–680,663)
425.72
(327.1–550.78)
3.12
(3.08–3.15)
Uterine cancer 23,279
(18,943–30,326)
38.76
(31.29–51.64)
39,787
(31,321–48,984)
55.23
(44.04–68.79)
53,056
(39,595–67,954)
57.58
(43.88–73.33)
71,084
(50,858–96,356)
58.1
(43–79.74)
3.93
(3.9–3.97)
Geographical area
Pakistan 2,414,828
(2,105,713–2,713,915)
3,363.75
(3,000.28–3,703.96)
3,639,168
(3,254,522–4,068,820)
4,224.26
(3,778.87–4,628.45)
4,778,563
(4,102,144–5,528,207)
4,270.8
(3,693.01–4,935.43)
6,268,083
(5,269,382–7,399,739)
3,439.9
(2,871.7–4,122.04)
0.85
(0.82–0.88)
Sindh 412,712
(328,106–499,818)
2,957.09
(2,373.6–3,596.82)
714,569
(570,005–871,910)
4,054.54
(3,246.45–4,955.59)
944,447
(741,185–1,181,726)
4,011.3
(3,191.94–5,042.02)
1,221,334
(944,552–1,553,931)
3,330.1
(2,540.4–4,239.04)
0.99
(0.96–1.03)
Punjab 1,548,329
(1,336,942–1,781,591)
3,710.68
(3,252.72–4,189.82)
2,200,970
(1,878,003–2,523,407)
4,485.13
(3,904.54–5,071.07)
2,853,279
(2,365,471–3,395,420)
4,542.35
(3,784.06–5,384.21)
3,717,719
(2,978,642–4,505,382)
3,538.2
(2,855.7–4,316.5)
0.75
(0.73–0.77)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 274,439
(198,997–352,757)
2,700.42
(1,969.82–3,471.02)
432,515
(337,452–536,418)
3,458.43
(2,689.88–4,296.31)
596,704
(470,273–744,613)
3,640.96
(2,845.62–4,569.96)
796,705
(626,009–1,020,083)
3,239.2
(2,474.3–4,209.5)
1.07
(1.05–1.1)
Islamabad Capital Territory 9,329
(6,195–11,926)
3,042.17
(2,150.54–3,866.46)
18,133
(14,105–22,468)
3,970.52
(3,092.71–4,929.98)
28,721
(21,936–37,054)
4,043.23
(3,114.16–5,144.03)
44,480
(32,780–58,729)
3,053.8 (2,116.2–3,968.3) 0.91
(0.87–0.95)
Gilgit-Baltistan 12,500 (8,044–17,185) 2,839.69 (2,009.65–3,773.29) 23,099 (17,683–29,091) 3,866.88 (2,991.95–4,858.32) 32,159 (24,165–41,676) 3,817.19 (2,868.72–4,956.81) 43,960 (32,632–56,773) 3,440.3 (2,513.5–4,557.9) 0.96
(0.92–1.01)
Balochistan 105,033 (61,585–134,814) 3,248.15 (2,067.81–4,117.22) 168,674 (131,570–213,844) 4,478.91 (3,501.89–5,648.68) 224,774 (174,872–286,768) 4,492.57 (3,484.52–5,721.2) 318,498 (244,064–403,820) 3,552.41 (2,636.6–4,685.9) 1.12
(1.08–1.17)
Azad Jammu & Kashmir 52,486 (41,918–65,159) 3,236.5 (2,599.24–4,016.64) 81,208 (63,723–101,009) 4,256.25 (3,321.24–5,308.68) 98,480 (76,028–126,715) 4,241.82 (3,286–5,478.07) 125,386 (93,958–162,886) 3,615.4 (2,774.1–4,890.4) 0.93
(0.91–0.95)
Gender
Male 1,302,256 (1,070,186–1,566,355) 3,366.94 (2,873.63–3,880.13) 1,896,622 (1,586,151–2,247,881) 4,184.5 (3,552.91–4,856.13) 2,415,328 (1,898,787–2,963,666) 4,159.12 (3,296.71–5,092.04) 3,044,786 (2,387,913–3,877,694) 3,197.6 (2,143.8–4,581.02) 0.67
(0.64–0.69)
Female 1,112,572 (953,585–1,288,436) 3,333.34 (2,827.51–3,899.6) 1,742,546 (1,526,071–1,957,327) 4,256.1 (3,704.35–4,795.38) 2,363,235 (1,945,354–2,834,300) 4,390.68 (3,607.41–5,251.79) 3,223,297 (2,485,198–4,134,247) 4,012.8 (2,680.9–5,879.07) 1.07
(1.04–1.09)
Total 2,414,828 3,639,168 4,778,563 6,268,083