Figure 1. Relationship between gross domestic product (GDP) at each common cancer. (A) GDP loss due to breast cancer. (B) GDP loss due to all cancer. (C) GDP loss due to lung cancer. (D) GDP loss due to stomach cancer. (E) GDP loss due to colorectum cancer. (F) GDP loss due to liver cancer. GDP analysis for all cancers demonstrates no discernable relationship to mortality (R=−0.09). Of the five most common cancers, only breast cancer has a direct correlationship to GDP (R=0.98), which is a consequence of most breast cancer cases occurring within the working-age female population.

KWR=Korean Won.