Table 2.
Number and amount of standardized and crude mortality of nasopharynx cancer in Asian countries in 2012 (sorted by age-standardized incidence rate, from the highest to the lowest value).
| Nasopharynx—estimated mortality, all ages: both sexes |
Nasopharynx—estimated mortality, all ages: female |
Nasopharynx—estimated mortality, all ages: male |
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| Population | No. | Crude rate | Age-world-standardized incidence rate (ASR(W)) | Population | Number | Crude rate | Age-world-standardized incidence rate (ASR(W)) | Population | No. | Crude rate | ASR (W) |
| Indonesia | 7,391 | 3.0 | 3.3 | Indonesia | 5,283 | 4.3 | 5.0 | Vietnam | 954 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Vietnam | 2,885 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Vietnam | 1,931 | 4.4 | 4.8 | Indonesia | 2,108 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Singapore | 218 | 4.1 | 2.8 | Singapore | 168 | 6.3 | 4.4 | Bhutan | 4 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Malaysia | 698 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Malaysia | 533 | 3.6 | 3.9 | Singapore | 50 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| Brunei | 6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | Brunei | 5 | 2.4 | 3.4 | Malaysia | 165 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Myanmar | 785 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Myanmar | 538 | 2.2 | 2.6 | Myanmar | 247 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Bhutan | 8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | Cambodia | 105 | 1.5 | 2.5 | Yemen | 65 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Cambodia | 144 | 1.0 | 1.4 | Thailand | 793 | 2.3 | 1.9 | Philippines | 272 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Philippines | 873 | 0.9 | 1.3 | Philippines | 601 | 1.2 | 1.9 | Lao PDR | 16 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Thailand | 1,114 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Lao PDR | 35 | 1.1 | 1.7 | Thailand | 321 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Lao PDR | 51 | 0.8 | 1.2 | Timor-Leste | 6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | China | 5,686 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| China | 20,404 | 1.5 | 1.2 | China | 14,718 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Cambodia | 39 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Yemen | 152 | 0.6 | 1.2 | Yemen | 87 | 0.7 | 1.5 | Jordan | 9 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Timor-Leste | 8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | Bhutan | 4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | Timor-Leste | 2 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Nepal | 164 | 0.5 | 0.8 | Nepal | 125 | 0.8 | 1.3 | Saudi Arabia | 38 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 136 | 0.5 | 0.7 | Korea, Democratic Republic of | 148 | 1.2 | 1.1 | Brunei | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Korea, Democratic Republic of | 215 | 0.9 | 0.7 | Saudi Arabia | 98 | 0.6 | 0.9 | Syrian Arab Republic | 29 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Jordan | 22 | 0.3 | 0.6 | Turkey | 300 | 0.8 | 0.9 | Korea, Democratic Republic of | 67 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Turkey | 397 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Georgia | 22 | 1.1 | 0.8 | Nepal | 39 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 77 | 0.4 | 0.5 | Kyrgyzstan | 14 | 0.5 | 0.8 | Iraq | 32 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Iraq | 82 | 0.2 | 0.5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 48 | 0.4 | 0.7 | Turkey | 97 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Qatar | 4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | Jordan | 13 | 0.4 | 0.7 | Pakistan | 150 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Georgia | 27 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Iraq | 50 | 0.3 | 0.6 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 72 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Pakistan | 532 | 0.3 | 0.4 | Armenia | 10 | 0.7 | 0.6 | Sri Lanka | 26 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 16 | 0.3 | 0.4 | Qatar | 4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | Afghanistan | 12 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 0.2 | 0.4 | Pakistan | 382 | 0.4 | 0.6 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 214 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Lebanon | 12 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Oman | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Afghanistan | 54 | 0.2 | 0.3 | State of Palestine | 6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | Uzbekistan | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| State of Palestine | 8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | Afghanistan | 42 | 0.2 | 0.5 | Bangladesh | 74 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Lebanon | 15 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 142 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Kazakhstan | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Armenia | 12 | 0.4 | 0.3 | Korea, Republic of | 145 | 0.6 | 0.4 | India | 742 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| India | 2,836 | 0.2 | 0.3 | United Arab Emirates | 10 | 0.2 | 0.4 | Georgia | 5 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Bangladesh | 288 | 0.2 | 0.3 | India | 2,094 | 0.3 | 0.4 | Lebanon | 3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Korea, Republic of | 185 | 0.4 | 0.3 | Bangladesh | 214 | 0.3 | 0.4 | Korea, Republic of | 40 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Kazakhstan | 36 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Azerbaijan | 18 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Azerbaijan | 4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Azerbaijan | 22 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Kazakhstan | 24 | 0.3 | 0.4 | State of Palestine | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Oman | 4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | Turkmenistan | 5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Sri Lanka | 49 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Mongolia | 4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Armenia | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Turkmenistan | 6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | Oman | 3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Mongolia | 5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Israel | 9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Mongolia | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Uzbekistan | 35 | 0.1 | 0.2 | Uzbekistan | 21 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Japan | 90 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Japan | 324 | 0.3 | 0.1 | Japan | 234 | 0.4 | 0.2 | Israel | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Israel | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Sri Lanka | 23 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Tajikistan | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Kuwait | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Maldives | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Bahrain | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Bahrain | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tajikistan | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Tajikistan | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Qatar | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Maldives | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Maldives | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Kuwait | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
ASR = age-specific incidence and mortality rate.