Table 1. . Estimated cancer incidence (2008): China and the USA, male, all ages (ASRW and proportion per 100,000).
| Cancer | China |
USA |
ASRW ratio (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | ASRW | Number | % | ASRW | ||||
| Lip, oral cavity | 10427 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 15817 | 2.1 | 7.3 | -5.2 | ||
| Nasopharynx | 22317 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 1352 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.0 | ||
| Other pharynx | 4515 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 8144 | 1.1 | 3.9 | -6.5 | ||
| Esophagus | 175863 | 10.8 | 22.9 | 12970 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 4.0 | ||
| Stomach | 315843 | 19.5 | 41.3 | 13189 | 1.8 | 5.7 | 7.3 | ||
| rectum | 125461 | 7.7 | 16.3 | 79271 | 10.6 | 34.1 | -2.1 | ||
| Liver | 292966 | 18.1 | 37.4 | 15192 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 5.3 | ||
| Gallbladder | 11434 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 4501 | A0.6 | 1.9 | -1.3 | ||
| Pancreas | 24841 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 18771 | 2.5 | 8.0 | -2.5 | ||
| Larynx | 17077 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 9681 | 1.3 | 4.4 | -1.9 | ||
| Lung | 351713 | 21.7 | 45.9 | 114691 | 15.4 | 49.5 | -1.1 | ||
| Melanoma of skin | 2281 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 34949 | 4.7 | 16.3 | -54.3 | ||
| Prostate | 33802 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 186320 | 25.0 | 83.8 | -19.5 | ||
| Testis | 2795 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 8090 | 1.1 | 5.1 | -12.8 | ||
| Kidney | 21269 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 34638 | 4.6 | 16.1 | -5.8 | ||
| Bladder | 42686 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 51231 | 6.9 | 21.1 | -3.8 | ||
| Brain, nervous system | 33244 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 11779 | 1.6 | 6.3 | -1.5 | ||
| Thyroid | 6286 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 8931 | 1.2 | 4.6 | -5.8 | ||
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 3740 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 4400 | 0.6 | 2.6 | -5.2 | ||
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 19205 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 35453 | 4.8 | 16.3 | -6.5 | ||
| Multiple myeloma | 3274 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 11188 | 1.5 | 4.8 | -12.0 | ||
| Leukemia | 38635 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 25179 | 3.4 | 12.1 | -2.3 | ||