Table 15.
Estimated global and regional number of new cases and age-standardised incidence rate of cancer by site, females, 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 | 153.6 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 9.9 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 9.4 | 63.6 | 3.0 | 21.2 | 4.2 | 0.4 |
| Oesophagus cancer | 166.2 | 4.2 | 7.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 34.9 | 2.1 | 89.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Stomach cancer | 383.9 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 19.7 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 33.9 | 10.2 | 2.6 | 36.3 | 6.7 | 18.1 | 23.7 | 186.7 | 5.1 | 0.1 |
| Colon and rectum cancers | 517.3 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 73.8 | 26.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 131.0 | 19.0 | 1.8 | 54.1 | 22.8 | 21.1 | 41.7 | 95.5 | 3.3 | 0.1 |
| Liver cancer | 204.4 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 99.6 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
| Pancreas cancer | 106.9 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 14.3 | 9.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 28.1 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 9.8 | 13.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers | 365.7 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 74.6 | 16.4 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 55.3 | 10.8 | 1.1 | 17.7 | 8.3 | 25.9 | 18.9 | 117.7 | 4.0 | 0.2 |
| Melanoma of the skin | 88.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 26.5 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 26.5 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Breast cancer | 1031.9 | 28.3 | 39.8 | 226.5 | 59.3 | 7.2 | 10.2 | 13.6 | 221.8 | 32.6 | 4.5 | 68.5 | 53.9 | 109.0 | 43.7 | 102.1 | 10.2 | 0.5 |
| Cervix uteri cancer | 487.5 | 43.3 | 67.9 | 16.1 | 40.6 | 9.2 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 18.8 | 12.6 | 1.9 | 22.5 | 32.8 | 146.7 | 6.6 | 45.0 | 10.2 | 0.8 |
| Corpus uteri cancer | 326.3 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 46.0 | 48.8 | 8.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 68.3 | 17.9 | 3.8 | 43.6 | 19.9 | 11.7 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| Ovary cancer | 221.3 | 7.1 | 12.2 | 22.4 | 13.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 39.4 | 10.0 | 1.2 | 21.6 | 18.1 | 31.9 | 8.4 | 26.6 | 2.9 | 0.2 |
| Prostate 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 |
| Bladder cancer | 105.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 14.9 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 21.4 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 28.9 | 4.6 | 9.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Lymphomas, multiple myeloma | 242.6 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 32.2 | 12.4 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 40.9 | 6.9 | 1.0 | 7.3 | 9.6 | 74.9 | 9.7 | 15.2 | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| Leukaemia | 169.5 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 14.7 | 12.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 23.0 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 9.0 | 10.8 | 24.9 | 5.2 | 39.4 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| Other malignant neoplasms | 553.9 | 44.2 | 22.7 | 63.6 | 56.7 | 11.7 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 107.3 | 25.3 | 4.4 | 46.5 | 27.3 | 31.7 | 32.7 | 56.1 | 5.3 | 0.3 |
| Age-standardised incidence rate per 100,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mouth and oropharynx cancers | 5.1 | 9.2 | 12.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 13.5 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 7.7 | 18.6 |
| Oesophagus cancer | 5.6 | 5.2 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 13.4 | 3.9 | 1.8 |
| Stomach cancer | 12.8 | 12.7 | 10.5 | 2.9 | 10.7 | 37.4 | 10.9 | 4.3 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 12.4 | 15.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 14.9 | 28.2 | 10.1 | 3.1 |
| Colon and rectum cancers | 17.3 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 29.8 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 9.4 | 5.9 | 29.2 | 17.2 | 8.6 | 23.0 | 14.7 | 4.7 | 26.7 | 14.2 | 6.3 | 4.2 |
| Liver cancer | 6.8 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 14.6 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 6.6 | 14.8 | 4.2 | 7.6 |
| Pancreas cancer | 3.6 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers | 11.9 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 30.5 | 8.8 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 13.4 | 9.9 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 11.6 | 16.0 | 7.4 | 8.4 |
| Melanoma of the skin | 2.9 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 12.6 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 7.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
| Breast cancer | 34.2 | 29.9 | 41.6 | 103.5 | 29.7 | 27.6 | 22.5 | 26.2 | 64.1 | 32.0 | 21.2 | 35.4 | 30.7 | 20.9 | 38.6 | 14.1 | 18.5 | 21.9 |
| Cervix uteri cancer | 16.6 | 43.3 | 69.8 | 8.2 | 19.8 | 34.9 | 15.0 | 10.7 | 6.2 | 12.8 | 9.0 | 12.7 | 18.4 | 30.2 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 18.0 | 33.1 |
| Corpus uteri cancer | 10.8 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 20.3 | 24.5 | 32.8 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 18.4 | 17.1 | 18.1 | 21.2 | 11.5 | 2.1 | 13.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 5.2 |
| Ovary cancer | 7.3 | 6.8 | 12.1 | 9.8 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 5.6 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 6.3 |
| Prostate 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 |
| Bladder cancer | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 7.9 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.6 |
| Lymphomas, multiple myeloma | 8.3 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 13.8 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 7.2 | 10.6 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 15.7 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| Leukaemia | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
| Other malignant neoplasms | 18.8 | 45.9 | 24.0 | 30.2 | 28.6 | 44.0 | 20.0 | 17.2 | 29.6 | 24.9 | 19.6 | 25.8 | 16.1 | 6.1 | 23.3 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 129 |