Table 1.

Estimated New Cancer Cases, Asian Pacific Rim 2000

Cancer	Male	Female	Both sexes	%
Oral cavity	20212	13914	34126	1.1
Nasopharynx	33133	12395	45528	1.5
Other Pharynx	8629	2472	11101	0.4
Esophagus	167595	74264	241859	7.9
Stomach	332171	169196	501367	16.4
Colon/Rectum	157138	123284	280422	9.2
Liver	304665	113210	417875	13.6
Pancreas	39092	29732	68824	2.2
Larynx	23479	3151	26630	0.9
Lung	342358	141628	483986	15.8
Melanoma of skin	2807	2625	5432	0.2
Breast	0	199815	199815	6.5
Cervix uteri	0	92168	92168	3.0
Corpus uteri	0	27875	27875	0.9
Ovary etc.	0	44614	44614	1.5
Prostate	36689	0	36689	1.2
Testis	5593	0	5593	0.2
Bladder	44163	11930	56093	1.8
Kidney etc.	23492	12645	36137	1.2
Brain, nervous system	29396	22214	51610	1.7
Thyroid	8974	27533	36507	1.2
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	38639	23368	62007	2.0
Hodgkin's disease	3513	1804	5317	0.2
Multiple myeloma	7394	5519	12913	0.4
Leukemia	43443	32504	75947	2.5
All sites but skin	1784314	1279658	3063972	100.0