Table 6.
Estimated global and regional number of cancer deaths and age-standardised mortality rate 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 deaths (000s) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mouth and oropharynx cancers | 222.4 | 10.7 | 14.3 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 19.2 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 14.7 | 13.1 | 88.9 | 4.1 | 25.5 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| Oesophagus cancer | 273.6 | 4.9 | 13.8 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 21.4 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 41.9 | 9.4 | 135.7 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Stomach cancer | 512.0 | 12.0 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 25.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 38.9 | 14.9 | 3.5 | 42.2 | 7.1 | 28.1 | 34.3 | 261.1 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Colon and rectum cancers | 311.8 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 36.1 | 14.4 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 72.1 | 14.3 | 1.0 | 28.7 | 13.9 | 19.6 | 23.1 | 63.3 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| Liver cancer | 414.9 | 20.6 | 23.5 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 25.3 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 7.8 | 25.9 | 17.3 | 23.8 | 231.5 | 6.3 | 0.2 |
| Pancreas cancer | 117.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 16.0 | 7.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 26.7 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 11.2 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 18.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers | 877.3 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 101.4 | 36.1 | 1.6 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 158.0 | 46.6 | 3.8 | 83.6 | 40.8 | 102.7 | 43.2 | 214.6 | 12.4 | 0.3 |
| Melanoma of the skin | 35.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 7.7 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 8.3 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Breast cancer | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 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 | 263.6 | 26.0 | 19.2 | 39.6 | 30.4 | 5.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 70.2 | 9.4 | 0.5 | 13.3 | 8.1 | 19.8 | 10.4 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Bladder cancer | 123.9 | 6.9 | 4.3 | 10.3 | 4.9 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 7.7 | 27.1 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 10.4 | 4.4 | 15.9 | 4.1 | 15.9 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Lymphomas, multiple myeloma | 168.6 | 15.9 | 13.7 | 23.1 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 27.6 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 5.4 | 9.6 | 26.1 | 7.8 | 11.2 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| Leukaemia | 145.3 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 14.5 | 9.6 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 20.0 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 21.0 | 4.9 | 31.9 | 1.7 | 0.1 |
| Other malignant neoplasms | 425.2 | 18.7 | 25.6 | 39.0 | 36.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 79.1 | 24.0 | 3.2 | 41.3 | 16.6 | 60.5 | 20.4 | 37.4 | 5.0 | 0.2 |
| Age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mouth and oropharynx cancers | 7.3 | 11.7 | 16.6 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 16.7 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 10.7 | 18.4 |
| Oesophagus cancer | 9.0 | 5.5 | 16.4 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 18.3 | 6.1 | 1.9 |
| Stomach cancer | 16.8 | 13.5 | 11.7 | 3.9 | 13.7 | 31.5 | 15.1 | 4.9 | 9.3 | 14.2 | 18.7 | 25.1 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 21.5 | 35.5 | 14.2 | 3.3 |
| Colon and rectum cancers | 10.2 | 8.1 | 11.0 | 13.7 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 17.0 | 13.6 | 5.2 | 17.0 | 8.9 | 3.7 | 14.6 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 4.1 |
| Liver cancer | 13.6 | 20.9 | 25.6 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 11.1 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 15.9 | 3.1 | 15.7 | 30.5 | 12.2 | 10.1 |
| Pancreas cancer | 3.8 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers | 28.8 | 7.9 | 11.5 | 40.1 | 19.3 | 6.5 | 17.7 | 15.9 | 39.5 | 44.2 | 19.7 | 48.9 | 26.0 | 19.4 | 26.3 | 29.1 | 25.1 | 13.8 |
| Melanoma of the skin | 1.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
| Breast cancer | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 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 | 8.7 | 33.3 | 27.9 | 12.7 | 16.2 | 24.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 14.3 | 8.8 | 2.9 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Bladder cancer | 4.1 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 17.7 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.8 |
| Lymphomas, multiple myeloma | 5.5 | 15.1 | 13.5 | 9.2 | 4.9 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 5.5 |
| Leukaemia | 4.8 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Other malignant neoplasms | 14.0 | 20.2 | 31.0 | 16.6 | 18.9 | 23.0 | 14.6 | 8.4 | 21.4 | 23.6 | 16.0 | 26.1 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 13.6 | 5.2 | 10.3 | 8.5 |