Table 1. The estimated incidence and mortality of liver cancer according to world area, 2012, males.
| World regions | Population size, male (million) | Incidence | Mortality | Incidence: mortality ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | ASR | n | ASR | |||
| Africa | 549,445 | 38,693 | 12.4 | 37,012 | 11.8 | 1.05 |
| Eastern Africa | 180,243 | 4,556 | 4.9 | 4,337 | 4.6 | 1.07 |
| Middle Africa | 69,179 | 3,669 | 10.5 | 3,469 | 9.9 | 1.06 |
| Northern Africa | 106,147 | 13,750 | 18 | 13,109 | 17.4 | 1.03 |
| Southern Africa | 29,735 | 1,359 | 6.7 | 1,295 | 6.7 | 1.00 |
| Western Africa | 164,141 | 15,359 | 16.4 | 14,802 | 15.6 | 1.05 |
| Asia | 2,179,003 | 430,690 | 20 | 407,700 | 18.9 | 1.06 |
| Eastern Asia | 813,296 | 342,180 | 31.9 | 322,903 | 29.9 | 1.07 |
| South-Eastern Asia | 305,225 | 58,453 | 22.2 | 55,827 | 21.4 | 1.04 |
| South-Central Asia | 933,786 | 25,805 | 3.7 | 24,927 | 3.6 | 1.03 |
| Western Asia | 126,697 | 4,252 | 5 | 4,043 | 4.9 | 1.02 |
| America | 303,514 | 40,288 | 7.4 | 34,704 | 6.2 | 1.19 |
| Caribbean | 20,951 | 1,420 | 6.1 | 1,421 | 6 | 1.02 |
| Central America | 82,227 | 4,720 | 6.9 | 4,508 | 6.6 | 1.05 |
| South America | 200,336 | 9,980 | 5.2 | 10,417 | 5.4 | 0.96 |
| North America | 173,209 | 24,168 | 9.3 | 18,358 | 6.7 | 1.39 |
| Europe | 355,275 | 42,814 | 6.8 | 39,926 | 6.1 | 1.11 |
| Central and Eastern Europe | 138,249 | 9,477 | 4.8 | 10,807 | 5.4 | 0.89 |
| Northern Europe | 49,574 | 4,203 | 4.6 | 3,897 | 4 | 1.15 |
| Southern Europe | 74,900 | 14,135 | 9.5 | 12,214 | 7.5 | 1.27 |
| Western Europe | 92,553 | 14,999 | 8 | 13,008 | 6.5 | 1.23 |
| Oceania | 18,859 | 1,884 | 7.8 | 1,699 | 7 | 1.11 |
| Australia/New Zealand | 13,632 | 1,385 | 6.4 | 1,212 | 5.4 | 1.19 |
| Melanesia | 4,628 | 450 | 14.8 | 433 | 14.4 | 1.03 |
| Micronesia/Polynesia | 258 | 49 | 9.1 | 54 | 10.1 | 0.90 |
| More developed regions | 604,008 | 92,018 | 8.6 | 80,425 | 7.1 | 1.21 |
| Less developed regions | 2,975,297 | 462,351 | 17.8 | 440,616 | 17 | 1.05 |
| World | 3,579,305 | 554,369 | 15.3 | 521,041 | 14.3 | 1.07 |
ASR = Age standardized rate per 100,000. Source: GLOBOCAN 2012 [1]. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 or 100, and may not add up to the total. The population size of the world regions were retrieved from the Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC. Available at: http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2012/world-population-data-sheet/world-map.aspx#/table/population.