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. 2002 Dec 26;2:37. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-2-37

Table 5.

Estimated global and regional number of total cancer deaths (thousands) and mortality rate (per 100,000) by age, females, 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 23.4 22.0 61.4 233.8 658.2 730.6 826.4 576.2 3,132.0
AfrD 2.9 1.2 4.4 12.0 30.0 35.8 31.7 14.4 132.3
AfrE 2.3 1.0 5.6 12.8 31.7 40.2 35.9 14.4 144.0
AmrA 0.3 0.5 1.6 12.6 48.4 57.8 88.7 91.1 301.1
AmrB 1.5 2.0 4.7 19.3 45.0 42.6 45.9 32.7 193.8
AmrD 0.6 0.6 1.4 4.2 9.4 8.5 9.3 5.6 39.6
EmrB 0.4 0.8 1.8 5.0 9.2 6.6 6.2 2.9 32.9
EmrD 0.7 1.0 1.9 5.5 8.8 6.4 5.6 1.6 31.4
EurA 0.3 0.6 2.1 16.2 64.0 87.1 145.1 152.0 467.4
EurB1 0.3 0.4 1.8 7.9 22.1 27.1 29.9 14.4 104.0
EurB2 0.1 0.2 0.6 2.3 3.6 4.3 3.6 1.1 15.9
EurC 0.4 0.7 2.5 14.6 44.1 60.9 72.6 28.7 224.5
SearB 1.5 2.0 3.7 19.1 44.6 31.4 23.4 13.1 138.8
SearD 6.9 5.9 17.2 34.2 100.6 113.8 85.8 60.5 425.0
WprA 0.1 0.1 0.7 4.3 20.4 24.9 37.2 45.5 133.1
WprB1 4.8 4.3 9.8 58.5 165.9 175.7 198.8 91.8 709.7
WprB2 0.4 0.4 1.4 5.0 9.9 7.2 6.4 6.2 36.9
WprB3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.7

Age-specific mortality rate per 100,000
World 8.0 3.8 8.0 37.3 163.9 414.3 737.9 1,462.6 104.6
AfrD 10.6 2.6 9.6 44.6 206.1 641.3 1,204.5 2,286.7 78.9
AfrE 8.1 2.2 12.0 48.9 230.4 777.2 1,418.8 2,202.6 84.8
AmrA 2.7 2.4 5.3 34.7 166.6 484.1 862.1 1,663.3 193.4
AmrB 6.6 4.4 7.7 40.9 161.3 392.0 705.7 1,504.1 86.9
AmrD 12.5 7.5 13.2 65.1 260.9 602.3 1,226.6 2,479.1 110.8
EmrB 5.5 4.8 9.2 42.1 151.7 280.7 474.5 909.5 49.0
EmrD 7.4 5.9 10.1 43.8 124.7 237.8 411.1 481.1 46.1
EurA 2.9 2.6 5.4 34.6 162.9 397.0 781.7 1,751.8 224.7
EurB1 5.0 3.4 8.3 45.3 166.0 394.8 632.1 1,134.8 124.4
EurB2 2.5 4.1 9.1 44.1 150.2 326.0 463.3 491.3 61.9
EurC 6.4 4.5 9.1 52.2 192.2 417.0 661.6 851.5 172.7
SearB 7.3 5.1 6.6 45.4 187.2 329.0 491.8 991.1 70.5
SearD 8.8 4.0 9.7 27.2 136.1 383.2 580.4 1,570.4 65.1
WprA 2.0 1.7 4.7 29.0 125.6 290.5 580.5 1,509.3 176.2
WprB1 9.9 3.9 6.0 35.7 165.9 435.6 839.7 1,262.3 107.6
WprB2 6.0 2.9 6.8 32.1 132.6 215.4 342.3 1,113.7 51.5
WprB3 3.5 3.0 9.5 68.4 184.5 233.3 294.1 960.7 51.7
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