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. 2026 May 24;152(7):146. doi: 10.1007/s00432-026-06514-9

Table 1.

Incidence, prevalence, mortality, and DALYs of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in ASEAN countries, and their EAPCs from 1990 to 2023

Location Incidence Prevalence Mortality DALYs
Number of cases, 2023 ASR, 2023 EAPC, 1990–2023 Number of cases, 2023 ASR, 2023 EAPC, 1990–2023 Number of cases, 2023 ASR, 2023 EAPC, 1990–2023 Number of cases, 2023 ASR, 2023 EAPC, 1990–2023
ASEAN 17,077 (12742, 22109) 2.3 (1.7, 2.9) 0.4 (0.3,0.4) 65,845 (46258, 90557) 8.7 (6.1, 12.0) 0.9 (0.8,0.9) 12,422 (9657, 15413) 1.7 (1.3, 2.1) − 0.2 (− 0.2, − 0.1) 435,087 (335841, 542950) 56.8 (43.8, 70.8) − 0.0 (− 0.1,0.0)
Male 11,816 (8601, 16074) 3.3 (2.4, 4.4) 0.4 (0.4,0.5) 44,717 (30849, 64709) 12.2 (8.4, 17.5) 1.0 (0.9,1.0) 8738 (6380, 11228) 2.5 (1.8, 3.2) − 0.1 (− 0.1, − 0.0) 305,774 (219680, 395291) 81.7 (58.7, 105.3) 0.0 (− 0.0,0.1)
Female 5261 (3489, 7559) 1.4 (0.9, 2.0) 0.1 (0.1,0.2) 21,128 (13256, 31939) 5.5 (3.5, 8.4) 0.7 (0.6,0.7) 3685 (2543, 5200) 1.0 (0.7, 1.4) − 0.4 (− 0.5, − 0.4) 129,313 (87657, 183548) 33.3 (22.6, 47.2) − 0.3 (− 0.4,-0.2)
Brunei Darussalam 19 (13, 26) 3.9 (2.6, 5.5) − 0.2 (− 0.3,− 0.2) 92 (58, 147) 18.3 (11.4, 29.3) 0.3 (0.2,0.4) 10 (7, 12) 2.1 (1.6, 2.6) − 1.1 (− 1.1, − 1.0) 336 (261, 417) 65.3 (51.0, 80.9) − 0.9 (− 1.0,− 0.9)
Cambodia 210 (145, 297) 1.3 (0.9, 1.9) − 0.7 (− 0.8,− 0.5) 685 (458, 1020) 4.2 (2.8, 6.2) − 0.7 (− 0.9, − 0.5) 180 (124, 254) 1.2 (0.8, 1.7) − 0.6 (− 0.7, − 0.5) 6429 (4375, 9014) 39.8 (27.1, 56.1) − 1.2 (− 1.3,− 1.0)
Indonesia 5163 (3563, 7124) 1.7 (1.2, 2.3) 0.8 (0.6,0.9) 17,157 (11782, 25263) 5.4 (3.7, 7.9) 1.0 (0.9,1.2) 4306 (3045, 5878) 1.4 (1.0, 2.0) 0.5 (0.3,0.6) 155,927 (110007, 212137) 48.9 (34.6, 66.3) 0.7 (0.6,0.9)
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 125 (85, 173) 2.0 (1.4, 2.8) 0.7 (0.5,0.9) 399 (264, 585) 6.1 (4.1, 8.8) 0.9 (0.6,1.1) 107 (72, 145) 1.8 (1.2, 2.5) 0.5 (0.4,0.7) 3940 (2663, 5369) 60.9 (41.1, 83.2) 0.5 (0.3,0.7)
Malaysia 1094 (849, 1363) 3.2 (2.5, 3.9) − 1.0 (− 1.2,− 0.8) 3849 (2794, 5225) 10.7 (7.8, 14.5) − 0.5 (− 0.6,− 0.3) 870 (697, 1028) 2.6 (2.1, 3.1) − 1.4 (− 1.6,− 1.2) 27,794 (22054, 33568) 79.0 (63.0, 95.1) − 1.3 (− 1.5,− 1.1)
Myanmar 1104 (760, 1484) 2.0 (1.4, 2.7) − 0.4 (− 0.5,− 0.2) 3400 (2244, 4966) 6.0 (3.9, 8.7) − 0.3 (− 0.5,− 0.1) 968 (666, 1287) 1.8 (1.3, 2.4) − 0.5 (− 0.6,− 0.3) 33,065 (22869, 44858) 58.3 (40.3, 79.0) − 0.6 (− 0.8,− 0.4)
Philippines 1582 (1267, 1922) 1.6 (1.3, 1.9) − 0.0 (− 0.2,0.1) 5347 (4106, 6903) 5.1 (4.0, 6.5) − 0.0 (− 0.1,0.1) 1313 (1048, 1564) 1.4 (1.1, 1.7) − 0.1 (− 0.2,0.1) 46,175 (36734, 54957) 44.8 (35.7, 53.3) − 0.1 (− 0.2,0.0)
Singapore 1212 (763, 1653) 14.2 (9.0, 19.3) 0.2 (− 0.0,0.5) 7888 (4995, 11021) 93.5 (60.4, 129.3) 1.1 (0.8,1.4) 206 (180, 235) 2.3 (2.0, 2.6) − 3.4 (− 3.6,− 3.1) 6000 (5231, 6922) 69.5 (60.8, 79.3) − 3.6 (− 3.8,− 3.4)
Thailand 1944 (1575, 2490) 2.1 (1.6, 2.7) 0.0 (− 0.2,0.3) 7642 (5541, 10780) 8.9 (6.3, 13.0) 1.0 (0.8,1.3) 1404 (1159, 1686) 1.3 (1.1, 1.6) − 0.9 (− 1.1,− 0.6) 44,428 (36060, 54221) 45.2 (37.9, 55.3) − 0.7 (− 1.0,− 0.4)
Timor-Leste 17 (11, 25) 1.6 (1.1, 2.4) − 0.1 (− 0.3,0.1) 58 (37, 89) 5.2 (3.3, 7.8) 0.2 (− 0.0,0.5) 14 (10, 20) 1.4 (1.0, 2.0) − 0.3 (− 0.5,− 0.1) 506 (350, 699) 46.8 (32.2, 65.2) − 0.1 (− 0.4,0.1)
Viet Nam 4607 (3057, 6555) 3.9 (2.6, 5.6) 0.6 (0.4,0.8) 19,328 (11998, 30242) 16.5 (10.2, 25.8) 1.2 (1.0,1.5) 3046 (2081, 4152) 2.6 (1.8, 3.5) − 0.1 (− 0.2,0.1) 110,487 (76351, 150495) 92.4 (63.7, 125.8) − 0.1 (− 0.2,0.1)