Table 7.
Estimated global and regional number of cancer deaths and age-standardised mortality rate 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 deaths (000s) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mouth and oropharynx cancers | 97.2 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 42.7 | 1.7 | 13.6 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
| Oesophagus cancer | 157.6 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 33.6 | 2.0 | 83.6 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Stomach cancer | 324.2 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 16.5 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 27.9 | 8.6 | 2.2 | 30.6 | 5.5 | 16.1 | 19.0 | 157.7 | 4.6 | 0.1 |
| Colon and rectum cancers | 295.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 37.2 | 16.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 69.7 | 11.8 | 1.1 | 33.61 | 3.6 | 14.01 | 9.4 | 59.72 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| Liver cancer | 191.0 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 5.3 | 9.1 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 13.3 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 5.6 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 93.5 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
| Pancreas cancer | 105.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 16.9 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 26.9 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 9.4 | 13.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers | 323.8 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 70.5 | 14.9 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 49.2 | 9.8 | 1.1 | 16.2 | 7.5 | 23.2 | 16.9 | 97.6 | 3.7 | 0.2 |
| Melanoma of the skin | 30.1 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Breast cancer | 466.3 | 18.6 | 23.0 | 53.3 | 30.7 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 91.8 | 18.5 | 2.5 | 39.4 | 29.0 | 67.0 | 12.4 | 57.5 | 6.3 | 0.2 |
| Cervix uteri cancer | 259.6 | 24.1 | 36.8 | 5.3 | 19.3 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 11.7 | 15.4 | 86.2 | 2.6 | 26.1 | 5.4 | 0.3 |
| Corpus uteri cancer | 72.9 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 10.4 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 16.0 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Ovary cancer | 128.6 | 3.9 | 6.7 | 15.5 | 7.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 25.7 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 12.9 | 8.7 | 18.5 | 4.9 | 13.8 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
| 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 | 53.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 10.5 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 14.2 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Lymphomas, multiple myeloma | 163.7 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 21.7 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 27.4 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 54.8 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
| Leukaemia | 114.7 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 12.0 | 8.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 17.2 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 14.7 | 3.6 | 23.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
| Other malignant neoplasms | 344.5 | 29.4 | 14.8 | 32.0 | 33.2 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 63.0 | 16.4 | 2.4 | 29.6 | 15.5 | 19.9 | 18.3 | 49.5 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
| Age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mouth and oropharynx cancers | 3.2 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 9.9 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 10.8 |
| Oesophagus cancer | 5.3 | 5.0 | 8.8 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 7.7 | 1.2 | 12.7 | 3.8 | 1.7 |
| Stomach cancer | 10.8 | 11.3 | 9.2 | 2.5 | 9.1 | 32.2 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 13.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 11.5 | 24.1 | 8.7 | 2.6 |
| Colon and rectum cancers | 9.9 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 14.4 | 10.7 | 5.3 | 13.9 | 9.3 | 3.3 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 4.2 | 2.6 |
| Liver cancer | 6.4 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 13.9 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 2.1 | 6.2 | 13.9 | 3.9 | 6.9 |
| Pancreas cancer | 3.5 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers | 10.8 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 27.4 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 11.6 | 9.0 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 10.1 | 14.5 | 6.8 | 7.7 |
| Melanoma of the skin | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Breast cancer | 15.6 | 21.4 | 27.7 | 21.1 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 12.2 | 14.4 | 22.8 | 17.4 | 12.0 | 18.7 | 17.6 | 14.5 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 11.3 | 12.0 |
| Cervix uteri cancer | 8.7 | 27.4 | 43.8 | 2.4 | 9.8 | 18.7 | 8.7 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 18.0 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 9.7 | 15.5 |
| Corpus uteri cancer | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| Ovary cancer | 4.3 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 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 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| Lymphomas, multiple myeloma | 5.5 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 11.7 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Leukaemia | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Other malignant neoplasms | 11.5 | 34.3 | 18.0 | 12.5 | 17.6 | 28.6 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 11.0 | 14.1 | 10.1 | 4.9 | 11.0 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 8.2 |