Table 1.
Number and amount of standardized and crude incidence of nasopharynx cancer in Asian countries in 2012 (sorted by age-standardized incidence rate, from the highest to the lowest value).
| Nasopharynx—estimated incidence, all ages: both sexes |
Nasopharynx—estimated incidence, all ages: male |
Nasopharynx—estimated incidence, all ages: female |
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| Population | No. | Crude rate | Age-world-standardized incidence rate (ASR(W)) | Population | No. | Crude rate | Age-world-standardized incidence rate (ASR(W)) | Population | No. | Crude rate | ASR (W) |
| Malaysia | 2,030 | 6.9 | 7.2 | Malaysia | 1,487 | 10.0 | 10.6 | Malaysia | 543 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| Singapore | 473 | 9.0 | 6.4 | Singapore | 353 | 13.3 | 9.7 | Vietnam | 1,630 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| Indonesia | 13,084 | 5.3 | 5.6 | Indonesia | 9,355 | 7.7 | 8.3 | Singapore | 120 | 4.6 | 3.2 |
| Vietnam | 4,931 | 5.5 | 5.4 | Vietnam | 3,301 | 7.4 | 7.7 | Indonesia | 3,729 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Brunei | 15 | 3.6 | 5.0 | Brunei | 12 | 5.8 | 7.6 | Bhutan | 6 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Myanmar | 1,148 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Myanmar | 789 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Brunei | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Philippines | 1,738 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Cambodia | 159 | 2.2 | 3.3 | Myanmar | 359 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Bhutan | 14 | 1.9 | 2.2 | Philippines | 1,199 | 2.5 | 3.2 | Philippines | 539 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Thailand | 1,867 | 2.7 | 2.1 | Thailand | 1,328 | 3.9 | 3.2 | Thailand | 539 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| China | 33,198 | 2.4 | 1.9 | China | 23,581 | 3.3 | 2.7 | China | 9,617 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Cambodia | 220 | 1.5 | 1.9 | Bhutan | 8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | Yemen | 96 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Lao PDR | 81 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Lao PDR | 55 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Lao PDR | 26 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Yemen | 217 | 0.8 | 1.5 | Timor-Leste | 7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | Cambodia | 61 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| Saudi Arabia | 295 | 1.0 | 1.3 | Yemen | 121 | 0.9 | 1.8 | Saudi Arabia | 83 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Korea, Democratic Republic of | 383 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Korea, Democratic Republic of | 244 | 2.0 | 1.8 | Korea, Democratic Republic of | 139 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Timor-Leste | 9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | Saudi Arabia | 212 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Jordan | 19 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Jordan | 51 | 0.8 | 1.1 | Georgia | 46 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Kuwait | 4 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Turkey | 779 | 1.0 | 1.0 | Nepal | 178 | 1.2 | 1.6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 51 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Nepal | 233 | 0.8 | 1.0 | Turkey | 588 | 1.6 | 1.6 | Turkey | 191 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Georgia | 57 | 1.3 | 0.9 | Jordan | 32 | 1.0 | 1.3 | Iraq | 56 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 138 | 0.7 | 0.8 | Armenia | 19 | 1.3 | 1.2 | Timor-Leste | 2 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 0.4 | 0.8 | Kyrgyzstan | 25 | 0.9 | 1.1 | Sri Lanka | 50 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Iraq | 139 | 0.4 | 0.7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 87 | 0.8 | 1.1 | Nepal | 55 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Qatar | 10 | 0.5 | 0.7 | Lebanon | 23 | 1.1 | 1.1 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 140 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Lebanon | 31 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Korea, Republic of | 320 | 1.3 | 1.0 | United Arab Emirates | 10 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Korea, Republic of | 442 | 0.9 | 0.7 | Israel | 38 | 1.0 | 0.9 | Korea, Republic of | 122 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 418 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Iraq | 83 | 0.5 | 0.9 | Lebanon | 8 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Israel | 53 | 0.7 | 0.6 | United Arab Emirates | 26 | 0.5 | 0.9 | Pakistan | 228 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 28 | 0.5 | 0.6 | Qatar | 9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | Israel | 15 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Armenia | 22 | 0.7 | 0.6 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 278 | 0.7 | 0.8 | Georgia | 11 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Pakistan | 795 | 0.4 | 0.6 | State of Palestine | 10 | 0.5 | 0.8 | Mongolia | 3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Kuwait | 11 | 0.4 | 0.5 | Pakistan | 567 | 0.6 | 0.8 | Kazakhstan | 25 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| State of Palestine | 14 | 0.3 | 0.5 | Azerbaijan | 34 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Qatar | 1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Kazakhstan | 75 | 0.5 | 0.4 | Kazakhstan | 50 | 0.6 | 0.7 | Uzbekistan | 26 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Azerbaijan | 42 | 0.4 | 0.4 | India | 2,956 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Oman | 2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Sri Lanka | 95 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Bangladesh | 322 | 0.4 | 0.5 | Bahrain | 1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Oman | 9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | Oman | 7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | Bangladesh | 112 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Mongolia | 8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | Afghanistan | 51 | 0.3 | 0.5 | India | 991 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| India | 3,947 | 0.3 | 0.4 | Turkmenistan | 9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | State of Palestine | 4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Bangladesh | 434 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Mongolia | 5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Azerbaijan | 8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Afghanistan | 66 | 0.2 | 0.3 | Japan | 421 | 0.7 | 0.4 | Afghanistan | 15 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Turkmenistan | 11 | 0.2 | 0.3 | Sri Lanka | 45 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Armenia | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Uzbekistan | 64 | 0.2 | 0.3 | Kuwait | 7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Uzbekistan | 38 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Japan | 553 | 0.4 | 0.2 | Bahrain | 3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | Japan | 132 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Tajikistan | 4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Maldives | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Maldives | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Maldives | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Tajikistan | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
ASR = age-specific incidence and mortality rate.