Table 1.

Estimated new cancer cases and deaths by sex during 2015 in Korea

site	Estimated new cases			Estimated deaths
	Both	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female
All sites	280,556	137,747	142,809	76,698	47,527	29,171
Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx	3,176	2,339	837	1,062	780	282
Esophagus	2,362	2,161	201	1,214	1,136	78
Stomach	35,053	23,917	11,136	7,516	4,806	2,710
Colon and rectum	38,038	23,493	14,545	9,018	5,209	3,809
Liver	17,310	12,744	4,566	10,812	7,996	2,816
Gallbladdera)	6,034	3,024	3,010	4,023	1,940	2,083
Pancreas	6,313	3,383	2,930	5,374	2,812	2,562
Larynx	1,049	1,019	30	365	359	6
Lung	25,640	17,673	7,967	17,559	12,736	4,823
Breast	19,540	75	19,465	2,385	18	2,367
Cervix uteri	3,100	-	3,100	761	-	761
Corpus uteri	2,429	-	2,429	288	-	288
Ovary	2,374	-	2,374	1,075	-	1,075
Prostate	14,828	14,828	-	1,840	1,840	-
Testis	248	248	-	19	19	-
Kidney	5,212	3,599	1,613	1,031	713	318
Bladder	4,245	3,419	826	1,390	1,061	329
Brain and CNS	1,891	1,016	875	1,127	596	531
Thyroid	65,829	11,338	54,491	384	116	268
Hodgkin lymphoma	298	192	106	62	42	20
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	5,319	2,918	2,401	1,651	955	696
Multiple myeloma	1,490	806	684	911	497	414
Leukemia	3,141	1,770	1,371	1,767	1,025	742
Other and ill-defined	15,637	7,785	7,852	5,064	2,871	2,193

CNS, central nervous system.

^a)Includes the gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract.