Table 3.
Estimated global and regional number of total cancer deaths (thousands) and mortality rate (per 100,000) by age, both sexes, 2000
| Region | Age-group | ||||||||
| 0–4 | 5–14 | 15–29 | 30–44 | 45–59 | 60–69 | 70–79 | 80+ | Total | |
| Number of deaths (000s) | |||||||||
| World | 46.0 | 49.4 | 141.3 | 462.1 | 1,503.0 | 1,852.4 | 1,901.0 | 1,078.7 | 7,033.9 |
| AfrD | 5.0 | 2.5 | 10.7 | 26.3 | 59.2 | 70.0 | 66.5 | 31.5 | 271.6 |
| AfrE | 4.9 | 2.6 | 15.2 | 33.1 | 65.0 | 76.4 | 72.1 | 31.5 | 300.8 |
| AmrA | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 23.1 | 102.4 | 132.3 | 194.5 | 168.1 | 626.2 |
| AmrB | 3.2 | 4.4 | 10.7 | 31.7 | 86.4 | 94.3 | 103.5 | 66.6 | 400.8 |
| AmrD | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 14.8 | 16.0 | 18.9 | 11.5 | 72.9 |
| EmrB | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 8.0 | 19.2 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 7.7 | 77.8 |
| EmrD | 1.9 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 10.6 | 17.8 | 15.1 | 13.2 | 4.3 | 69.7 |
| EurA | 0.7 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 31.3 | 154.1 | 238.2 | 350.9 | 279.8 | 1,061.7 |
| EurB1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 16.6 | 59.3 | 76.6 | 69.8 | 26.5 | 254.5 |
| EurB2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 7.9 | 10.9 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 34.8 |
| EurC | 0.8 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 28.4 | 114.2 | 162.1 | 146.1 | 44.5 | 503.7 |
| SearB | 2.9 | 4.0 | 7.9 | 30.9 | 90.0 | 79.8 | 59.1 | 25.9 | 300.6 |
| SearD | 12.9 | 11.9 | 32.7 | 65.1 | 189.0 | 262.1 | 192.2 | 109.2 | 875.1 |
| WprA | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 7.7 | 49.6 | 77.6 | 104.2 | 90.4 | 331.6 |
| WprB1 | 8.9 | 10.6 | 28.5 | 128.2 | 451.6 | 503.1 | 467.5 | 165.6 | 1,764.0 |
| WprB2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 9.5 | 21.4 | 18.9 | 16.7 | 13.3 | 84.8 |
| WprB3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| Age-specific mortality rate per 100,000 | |||||||||
| World | 7.6 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 36.3 | 186.8 | 548.2 | 965.1 | 1,702.1 | 116.5 |
| AfrD | 9.1 | 2.8 | 11.6 | 49.5 | 210.0 | 667.6 | 1,386.4 | 2,799.0 | 81.4 |
| AfrE | 8.5 | 2.7 | 16.3 | 63.6 | 243.8 | 798.9 | 1,612.8 | 2,932.2 | 89.1 |
| AmrA | 2.9 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 31.5 | 178.2 | 581.8 | 1,074.1 | 1,901.0 | 203.1 |
| AmrB | 7.0 | 4.9 | 8.6 | 34.1 | 159.9 | 463.9 | 895.3 | 1,773.8 | 90.7 |
| AmrD | 10.7 | 8.2 | 13.3 | 51.0 | 211.0 | 593.4 | 1,354.4 | 2,827.8 | 102.3 |
| EmrB | 7.3 | 5.7 | 9.1 | 31.5 | 144.0 | 374.6 | 688.6 | 1,182.8 | 55.8 |
| EmrD | 10.2 | 7.5 | 11.0 | 41.5 | 129.5 | 305.6 | 540.6 | 716.3 | 50.5 |
| EurA | 3.2 | 3.1 | 6.6 | 33.1 | 196.8 | 570.4 | 1,109.9 | 2,089.7 | 259.6 |
| EurB1 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | 47.1 | 226.3 | 602.5 | 874.0 | 1,325.3 | 153.5 |
| EurB2 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 10.0 | 41.5 | 172.8 | 450.4 | 584.6 | 550.4 | 68.4 |
| EurC | 6.7 | 5.1 | 10.4 | 51.3 | 266.1 | 656.0 | 911.4 | 1,012.8 | 205.4 |
| SearB | 7.1 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 36.7 | 192.9 | 442.1 | 679.3 | 1,109.6 | 76.2 |
| SearD | 8.0 | 3.9 | 8.8 | 24.9 | 124.6 | 448.9 | 681.4 | 1,499.2 | 64.9 |
| WprA | 2.4 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 25.9 | 153.3 | 471.8 | 927.3 | 1,907.7 | 222.6 |
| WprB1 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 38.1 | 218.2 | 617.6 | 1,080.7 | 1,435.2 | 130.0 |
| WprB2 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 31.7 | 152.4 | 312.2 | 525.6 | 1,540.4 | 59.7 |
| WprB3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 8.2 | 47.8 | 173.4 | 280.3 | 378.4 | 1,162.9 | 49.1 |