Table 2.
PAF and number of cancer cases and cancer deathsa attributable to alcohol consumption, Korea, 2009
| Cancer site (ICD-10 code) |
Men |
Women |
||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAF | No. of cases | Alcohol -related cases | PAF | No. of deaths | Alcohol -related deaths | PAF | No. of cases | Alcohol -related cases | PAF | No. of deaths | Alcohol -related deaths | |
| Oral cavity (C00-C09) |
29.3 |
1,128 |
330 |
24.0 |
397 |
95 |
2.3 |
512 |
12 |
1.8 |
153 |
3 |
| Pharynx (C10-C14)b |
43.3 |
703 |
304 |
24.0 |
368 |
88 |
3.7 |
114 |
4 |
1.8 |
55 |
1 |
| Esophagus (C15) |
8.6 |
1,947 |
167 |
20.4 |
1,297 |
264 |
0.6 |
175 |
1 |
1.5 |
109 |
2 |
| Colon (C18) |
8.6 |
7,886 |
676 |
4.4 |
2,206 |
96 |
4.2 |
4,643 |
236 |
0.3 |
1,978 |
6 |
| Rectum (C20)c |
8.6 |
7,063 |
605 |
4.4 |
1,722 |
75 |
4.2 |
3,458 |
178 |
0.3 |
1,142 |
3 |
| Liver (C22) |
4.4 |
11,663 |
508 |
6.5 |
8,422 |
545 |
0.3 |
3,539 |
12 |
0.5 |
2,814 |
13 |
| Larynx (C32) |
25.8 |
1,071 |
276 |
18.5 |
382 |
71 |
2.0 |
56 |
1 |
1.4 |
1,878 |
1 |
| Female breast (C50) |
- |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
0.2 |
11,536 |
20 |
0.2 |
395 |
3 |
| Total |
|
96,826 |
2,866 |
|
43,658 |
1,234 |
|
91,068 |
464 |
|
25,773 |
32 |
| % of all cancers | 3.0 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | ||||||||
Notes: aCases and deaths are from adults (aged 20 years and older). bUsing relative risk of oral cavity. cUsing relative risk of colon.
Abbreviations: ICD International Classification of Diseases, PAF population attributable fraction.