Table 4.
Estimated crude and age-standardized cancer mortality rates by sex during 2015 in Korea
| Site | Crude mortality rate per 100,000 | Age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both | Male | Female | Both | Male | Female | |
| All sites | 150.8 | 187.0 | 114.6 | 82.4 | 121.7 | 54.5 |
| Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx | 2.1 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| Esophagus | 2.4 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.1 |
| Stomach | 14.8 | 18.9 | 10.7 | 7.8 | 12.2 | 4.7 |
| Colon and rectum | 17.7 | 20.5 | 15.0 | 9.5 | 13.4 | 6.6 |
| Liver | 21.3 | 31.5 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 20.4 | 5.2 |
| Gallbladderb) | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 3.4 |
| Pancreas | 10.6 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 4.5 |
| Larynx | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Lung | 34.5 | 50.1 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 31.9 | 8.5 |
| Breast | 4.7 | 0.1 | 9.3 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| Cervix uteri | 1.5 | - | 3.0 | 0.9 | - | 1.6 |
| Corpus uteri | 0.6 | - | 1.1 | 0.3 | - | 0.6 |
| Ovary | 2.1 | - | 4.2 | 1.2 | - | 2.3 |
| Prostate | 3.6 | 7.2 | - | 1.7 | 4.8 | - |
| Testis | 0.0 | 0.1 | - | 0.0 | 0.1 | - |
| Kidney | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.6 |
| Bladder | 2.7 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
| Brain and CNS | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| Thyroid | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 |
| Multiple myeloma | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Leukemia | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.7 |
| Other and ill-defined | 10.0 | 11.3 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 4.1 |
CNS, central nervous system.
a)
Age adjusted to the world standard population,
a)
Includes the gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract.