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. 2015 Nov 5;25(10):626–638. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20140215

Table 5. Estimated new cancer cases and deaths caused by infection in 2012, by country.

Country Estimated new cases
caused by infection
All new Percentage
%
Estimated deaths
caused by infection
All cancer-related deathsa Percentage
%



Male Female Total cancer casesa Male Female Total
Korea 24 820 14 358 39 178 39 178 17.8% 10 810 5986 16 796 81 510 20.6%
China 444 493 233 869 678 207 678 362 22.1% 383 591 183 257 566 848 2 205 946 25.7%
Japan 57 409 37 710 95 119 95 119 13.5% 27 307 17 569 44 876 378 636 11.9%
Indonesia 18 626 28 778 47 404 47 404 15.8% 15 649 15 133 30 783 194 528 15.8%
Philippines 5581 9511 15 091 15 091 15.4% 4681 5115 9796 59 012 16.6%
Thailand 10 681 13 376 24 057 24 057 19.4% 9270 8713 17 984 84 981 21.2%
Vietnam 25 951 15 098 41 049 41 049 32.8% 23 152 11 036 34 188 94 743 36.1%
Bangladesh 5882 15 220 21 102 21 102 17.2% 5197 9471 14 668 91 339 16.1%
India 60 415 153 094 213 509 213 509 21.0% 52 251 93 076 145 327 682 830 21.3%
Iran 5402 3622 9024 9024 10.6% 4321 2460 6781 53 350 12.7%
Pakistan 5733 8711 14 444 14 444 9.8% 4917 5790 10 707 101 113 10.6%
Turkey 6109 5758 11 867 11 867 8.0% 4774 3885 8659 91 826 9.4%
Saudi Arabia 1021 799 1819 1819 10.4% 687 449 1136 9134 12.4%

NA, data not available.

aExcluding non-melanoma skin cancer (C44).