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Table 2.

Estimated Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer in Asia, 2018

Population	5-Year prevalent case	5-Year prevalence^a	New case	Crude incidence^a	Age-standardized incidence^a	Death	Crude mortality^a	Age-standardized mortality^a
China	1,248,644	87.7^c	521,490	36.6^c	23.7^c	247,563	17.4^c	10.9^c
Japan	431,679	339.4^d	148,151	116.5^d	38.9^d	57,910	45.5^d	12.0^c
Korea	122,933	240.3^d	42,363	82.8^d	44.5^d	9,762	19.1^c	8.7^c
India	113,046	8.3^b	56,751	4.2^b	4.4^b	43,090	3.2^b	3.4^b
Indonesia	66,175	24.8^b	30,017	11.3^b	12.1^b	16,386	6.1^b	6.9^b
Turkey	49,614	60.6^c	20,031	24.5^c	21.0^c	10,033	12.2^c	10.2^c
Thailand	42,417	61.3^c	17,534	25.3^c	15.5^b	9,462	13.7^c	8.4^c
Philippines	34,268	32.2^b	15,680	14.7^b	18.9^c	8,821	8.3^b	11.0^c
Vietnam	32,895	34.1^b	14,733	15.3^b	13.4^b	8,104	8.4^b	7.0^b
Iran	24,345	29.7^b	9,864	12.0^b	12.9^b	4,153	5.1^b	5.6^b
Asia	2,356,976	51.9	957,896	21.1	17.7	461,422	10.2	8.3

Proportions per 100,000.

Rate < world proportion.

Rate ≥ world proportion & <2×world proportion.

Rate ≥ 2×world proportion.

Data source: International Agency for Research on Cancer, GLOBOCAN 2018, World Health Organization (WHO) [4].