Table 2. Number, crude and standardized mortality rates for lung cancer in Asian countries in 2012 (sorted by age standardized rates from highest to lowest).
| Lung-estimated mortality, all ages: both sexes |
Lung-estimated mortality, all ages: male |
Lung-estimated mortality, all ages: female |
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| Population | Numbers | Crude rate | ASR (W) | Population | Numbers | Crude rate | ASR (W) | Population | Numbers | Crude rate | ASR (W) | ||
| Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 12,759 | 52.0 | 40.9 | Armenia | 1,171 | 80.9 | 65.6 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 5,973 | 47.8 | 30.7 | ||
| China | 597,182 | 43.9 | 32.5 | Turkey | 18,953 | 51.0 | 57.5 | Brunei | 23 | 11.2 | 19.0 | ||
| Armenia | 1,420 | 45.7 | 32.0 | Kazakhstan | 3,454 | 43.9 | 54.5 | China | 175,487 | 26.8 | 18.0 | ||
| Turkey | 21,915 | 29.4 | 31.1 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 6,786 | 56.3 | 54.4 | Timor-Leste | 52 | 8.9 | 17.2 | ||
| Timor-Leste | 163 | 13.7 | 27.9 | China | 421,695 | 59.7 | 48.3 | Myanmar | 3,276 | 13.3 | 14.5 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 4,221 | 25.8 | 25.3 | Timor-Leste | 111 | 18.3 | 39.5 | Singapore | 507 | 19.4 | 11.7 | ||
| Viet Nam | 19,559 | 21.8 | 22.6 | Viet Nam | 14,401 | 32.4 | 37.2 | Thailand | 5,815 | 16.4 | 11.6 | ||
| Republic of Korea | 17,848 | 36.7 | 21.3 | Republic of Korea | 12,783 | 52.8 | 36.5 | Viet Nam | 5,158 | 11.4 | 10.8 | ||
| Brunei | 54 | 13.1 | 20.4 | Singapore | 1,083 | 40.9 | 29.0 | Malaysia | 1,351 | 9.3 | 10.8 | ||
| Singapore | 1,590 | 30.2 | 19.8 | Japan | 53,752 | 87.3 | 28.9 | Israel | 623 | 16.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Thailand | 17,669 | 25.3 | 19.1 | Philippines | 7,667 | 15.9 | 28.2 | Republic of Korea | 5,065 | 20.8 | 9.8 | ||
| Myanmar | 7,544 | 15.5 | 18.1 | Thailand | 11,854 | 34.5 | 27.9 | Lebanon | 240 | 10.9 | 9.6 | ||
| Israel | 1,956 | 25.4 | 17.9 | Israel | 1,333 | 35.1 | 27.5 | Nepal | 1,063 | 6.8 | 9.4 | ||
| Lebanon | 799 | 18.6 | 17.5 | Georgia | 834 | 41.2 | 27.2 | Armenia | 249 | 15.0 | 9.0 | ||
| Japan | 75,119 | 59.4 | 17.4 | Lebanon | 559 | 26.7 | 26.9 | Japan | 21,367 | 32.9 | 8.3 | ||
| Philippines | 10,369 | 10.7 | 17.0 | Mongolia | 213 | 15.2 | 26.1 | Philippines | 2,702 | 5.6 | 8.0 | ||
| Malaysia | 4,134 | 14.1 | 17.0 | Kyrgyzstan | 400 | 14.9 | 24.7 | Turkey | 2,962 | 7.9 | 7.8 | ||
| Mongolia | 272 | 9.6 | 14.8 | Jordan | 452 | 13.6 | 24.1 | Bahrain | 18 | 3.5 | 7.6 | ||
| Indonesia | 30,904 | 12.6 | 14.6 | Malaysia | 2,783 | 18.7 | 23.4 | Indonesia | 8,379 | 6.8 | 7.3 | ||
| Kyrgyzstan | 527 | 9.7 | 14.2 | Indonesia | 22,525 | 18.5 | 23.2 | Kazakhstan | 767 | 9.0 | 7.2 | ||
| Jordan | 522 | 8.1 | 14.1 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,489 | 13.9 | 22.9 | Bhutan | 18 | 5.1 | 7.2 | ||
| Georgia | 1,011 | 23.5 | 13.9 | Brunei | 31 | 14.9 | 22.9 | Cambodia | 370 | 5.0 | 6.4 | ||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 1,826 | 8.6 | 13.5 | Myanmar | 4,268 | 17.8 | 22.5 | Lao PDR | 139 | 4.4 | 6.2 | ||
| Iraq | 2,028 | 6.0 | 12.6 | Iraq | 1,465 | 8.7 | 21.9 | Kyrgyzstan | 127 | 4.6 | 6.0 | ||
| Bahrain | 64 | 4.7 | 12.4 | Turkmenistan | 357 | 14.0 | 19.7 | Iraq | 563 | 3.4 | 5.9 | ||
| Lao PDR | 472 | 7.4 | 11.8 | State of Palestine | 178 | 8.2 | 19.3 | Mongolia | 59 | 4.1 | 5.5 | ||
| Turkmenistan | 470 | 9.1 | 11.7 | Cambodia | 707 | 10.0 | 19.1 | Turkmenistan | 113 | 4.3 | 5.1 | ||
| State of Palestine | 227 | 5.3 | 11.7 | Azerbaijan | 774 | 16.6 | 18.6 | United Arab Emirates | 31 | 1.2 | 5.0 | ||
| Cambodia | 1,077 | 7.4 | 11.3 | Lao PDR | 333 | 10.5 | 18.5 | Tajikistan | 111 | 3.1 | 4.8 | ||
| Nepal | 2,235 | 7.2 | 11.1 | Bahrain | 46 | 5.4 | 16.5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 337 | 3.2 | 4.7 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 992 | 10.5 | 10.5 | Bangladesh | 7,796 | 10.1 | 14.8 | State of Palestine | 49 | 2.3 | 4.7 | ||
| Qatar | 71 | 3.7 | 10.2 | Nepal | 1,172 | 7.6 | 13.3 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1,411 | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| Bangladesh | 9,725 | 6.4 | 9.0 | Maldives | 16 | 9.8 | 13.2 | Qatar | 10 | 2.1 | 4.1 | ||
| United Arab Emirates | 153 | 1.9 | 8.9 | Qatar | 61 | 4.1 | 12.7 | Georgia | 177 | 7.8 | 4.1 | ||
| Maldives | 18 | 5.6 | 7.7 | Uzbekistan | 1,156 | 8.3 | 12.3 | Azerbaijan | 218 | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 1,546 | 5.5 | 7.5 | United Arab Emirates | 122 | 2.2 | 10.6 | Jordan | 70 | 2.2 | 3.7 | ||
| Tajikistan | 297 | 4.2 | 7.2 | Tajikistan | 186 | 5.4 | 10.2 | Kuwait | 19 | 1.6 | 3.4 | ||
| Islamic Republic of Iran | 4,361 | 5.8 | 6.9 | India | 48,697 | 7.5 | 9.9 | Uzbekistan | 390 | 2.8 | 3.4 | ||
| Bhutan | 36 | 4.8 | 6.7 | Afghanistan | 649 | 3.8 | 9.4 | Bangladesh | 1,929 | 2.6 | 3.3 | ||
| Kuwait | 84 | 2.9 | 6.4 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 2,950 | 7.7 | 9.1 | Afghanistan | 227 | 1.4 | 3.1 | ||
| India | 63,759 | 5.1 | 6.3 | Pakistan | 5,097 | 5.6 | 8.7 | India | 15,062 | 2.5 | 2.9 | ||
| Afghanistan | 876 | 2.6 | 6.2 | Sri Lanka | 1,021 | 9.8 | 8.6 | Oman | 16 | 1.3 | 2.8 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 1,404 | 6.6 | 5.5 | Kuwait | 65 | 3.8 | 8.3 | Sri Lanka | 383 | 3.6 | 2.8 | ||
| Pakistan | 6,013 | 3.3 | 5.2 | Saudi Arabia | 548 | 3.5 | 6.7 | Saudi Arabia | 186 | 1.4 | 2.5 | ||
| Oman | 70 | 2.4 | 4.8 | Bhutan | 18 | 4.5 | 6.3 | Maldives | 2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | 734 | 2.6 | 4.7 | Oman | 54 | 3.1 | 6.1 | Pakistan | 916 | 1.0 | 1.6 | ||
| Yemen | 361 | 1.4 | 3.4 | Yemen | 275 | 2.1 | 5.8 | Yemen | 86 | 0.7 | 1.5 | ||