Table 14.
Estimated global and regional number of new cases and age-standardised incidence rate of cancer by site, males, 2000
| WHO sub region | ||||||||||||||||||
| World | AFRO | AMRO | EMRO | EURO | SEARO | WPRO | ||||||||||||
| Site | D | E | A | B | D | B | D | A | B1 | B2 | C | B | D | A | B1 | B2 | B3 | |
| Number of new cases (000s) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mouth and oropharynx cancers | 267.1 | 12.1 | 16.5 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 28.7 | 7.4 | 0.9 | 17.8 | 16.0 | 98.1 | 6.5 | 29.7 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
| Oesophagus cancer | 286.5 | 5.1 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 22.8 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 10.7 | 3.8 | 42.0 | 10.1 | 142.7 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Stomach cancer | 589.3 | 13.3 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 29.7 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 2.5 | 45.6 | 17.2 | 4.0 | 48.6 | 8.6 | 30.1 | 40.6 | 300.9 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
| Colon and rectum cancers | 527.8 | 9.5 | 12.0 | 85.6 | 21.2 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 133.8 | 21.5 | 1.4 | 42.8 | 21.4 | 25.7 | 49.2 | 91.0 | 3.8 | 0.1 |
| Liver cancer | 422.0 | 20.0 | 23.6 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 26.1 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 7.9 | 28.6 | 18.4 | 24.6 | 232.8 | 6.2 | 0.2 |
| Pancreas cancer | 119.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 16.5 | 8.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 27.4 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 11.4 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 11.5 | 18.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers | 939.9 | 7.4 | 9.8 | 112.1 | 38.5 | 1.7 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 172.0 | 49.5 | 3.9 | 89.3 | 43.1 | 107.8 | 46.9 | 227.8 | 13.1 | 0.3 |
| Melanoma of the skin | 118.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 61.8 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 22.6 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Breast cancer | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Cervix uteri cancer | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Corpus uteri cancer | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ovary cancer | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Prostate cancer | 550.2 | 36.5 | 28.2 | 165.7 | 46.0 | 8.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 139.1 | 15.2 | 0.8 | 22.3 | 13.4 | 29.6 | 28.1 | 9.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| Bladder cancer | 277.2 | 10.6 | 7.3 | 60.3 | 8.1 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 14.4 | 65.1 | 12.1 | 1.2 | 17.8 | 7.7 | 27.8 | 13.5 | 24.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Lymphomas, multiple myeloma | 238.5 | 20.3 | 18.6 | 36.2 | 13.4 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 39.3 | 7.8 | 1.3 | 7.4 | 13.3 | 36.5 | 11.8 | 15.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
| Leukaemia | 195.2 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 20.6 | 13.1 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 25.6 | 6.6 | 1.1 | 9.3 | 10.7 | 28.2 | 6.7 | 44.0 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| Other malignant neoplasms | 635.8 | 24.2 | 33.5 | 84.8 | 54.2 | 8.6 | 10.3 | 6.2 | 128.4 | 32.5 | 4.7 | 56.3 | 24.2 | 77.8 | 35.8 | 47.7 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
| Age-standardised incidence rate per 100,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mouth and oropharynx cancers | 8.8 | 12.9 | 18.4 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 18.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 12.0 | 21.7 |
| Oesophagus cancer | 9.4 | 5.7 | 16.8 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 19.2 | 6.3 | 2.0 |
| Stomach cancer | 19.4 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 4.6 | 15.8 | 35.8 | 17.4 | 5.5 | 11.0 | 16.4 | 21.3 | 28.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 25.6 | 40.8 | 15.9 | 3.8 |
| Colon and rectum cancers | 17.3 | 10.4 | 14.6 | 34.4 | 11.3 | 9.2 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 33.0 | 20.4 | 7.1 | 25.1 | 12.9 | 4.9 | 32.4 | 12.3 | 7.8 | 5.8 |
| Liver cancer | 13.7 | 20.3 | 24.7 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 11.4 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 16.0 | 3.2 | 16.2 | 30.8 | 12.1 | 9.9 |
| Pancreas cancer | 3.9 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers | 30.9 | 8.3 | 12.0 | 44.8 | 20.6 | 6.9 | 18.9 | 16.6 | 43.3 | 47.1 | 20.6 | 52.2 | 27.5 | 20.3 | 28.9 | 30.8 | 26.4 | 14.7 |
| Melanoma of the skin | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 27.2 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.6 |
| Breast cancer | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Cervix uteri cancer | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Corpus uteri cancer | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ovary cancer | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Prostate cancer | 18.0 | 45.0 | 38.9 | 63.7 | 24.8 | 36.3 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 31.8 | 14.1 | 4.4 | 12.8 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 17.1 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| Bladder cancer | 9.0 | 12.0 | 8.8 | 24.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 30.5 | 16.1 | 11.6 | 6.4 | 10.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.4 |
| Lymphomas, multiple myeloma | 7.8 | 18.2 | 17.0 | 15.3 | 6.8 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 10.9 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 7.1 |
| Leukaemia | 6.4 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 6.3 | 8.6 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Other malignant neoplasms | 20.8 | 24.1 | 37.1 | 39.9 | 27.2 | 31.0 | 19.1 | 11.3 | 39.1 | 32.8 | 22.4 | 37.5 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 27.0 | 6.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 |