Table 1.
Causes of cancer death, 2015 and 2016 (Unit: Persons, %).
| ICD-10 Mortality NO. | Causes of Cancer Death | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Number of Deaths | % of All Deaths | Per 100,000 Population | Rank | Number of Deaths | % of All Deaths | Per 100,000 Population | ||||
| Crude Death Rate | Age-Adjusted Death Rate | Crude Death Rate | Age-Adjusted Death Rate | ||||||||
| C00–C97 | Malignant neoplasms | 47,760 | 100.0 | 203.1 | 126.8 | 46,829 | 100.0 | 199.6 | 128.0 | ||
| C33–C34 | Cancers of trachea, bronchus and lung | 1 | 9372 | 19.6 | 39.9 | 24.4 | 1 | 9232 | 19.7 | 39.3 | 24.7 |
| C22 | Cancers of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts | 2 | 8353 | 17.5 | 35.5 | 22.2 | 2 | 8258 | 17.6 | 35.2 | 22.8 |
| C18–C21 | Cancers of colon, rectum and anus | 3 | 5722 | 12.0 | 24.3 | 14.6 | 3 | 5687 | 12.1 | 24.2 | 14.9 |
| C50 | Cancer of breast (Female) | 4 | 2176 | 4.6 | 18.4 | 11.8 | 4 | 2141 | 4.6 | 18.2 | 12.0 |
| C00–C06, C09–C10, C12–C14 | Cancer of oral cavity | 5 | 2936 | 6.1 | 12.5 | 8.3 | 5 | 2667 | 5.7 | 11.4 | 7.8 |
| C61 | Cancer of prostate | 6 | 1347 | 2.8 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 6 | 1231 | 2.6 | 10.5 | 6.4 |
| C16 | Cancer of stomach | 7 | 2315 | 4.8 | 9.8 | 5.8 | 7 | 2326 | 5.0 | 9.9 | 6.1 |
| C25 | Cancer of pancreas | 8 | 1996 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 5.3 | 8 | 1948 | 4.2 | 8.3 | 5.3 |
| C15 | Cancer of oesophagus | 9 | 1731 | 3.6 | 7.4 | 4.8 | 9 | 1807 | 3.9 | 7.7 | 5.1 |
| C56, C57.0–C57.4 | Cancer of ovary | 10 | 656 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 12 | 529 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 3.0 |