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. 2020 Apr;32(2):129–139. doi: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2020.02.01

1. Age-standardized cancer incidence and mortality rates per 100,000 populations by gender in China in 2018.

Index Gender All cancers Rank
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
CNS, central nervous system; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The estimates are from Global Cancer Observatory 2018, IARC, 2018 (6). Age-standardized rates are calculated using the direct method and the world standard population.
Incidence Both 201.7 Breast Lung Colorectum Stomach Liver Esophagus Cervix uteri Thyroid Prostate Corpus uteri
36.1 35.1 23.7 20.7 18.3 13.9 10.7 10.1 9.1 7.1
Male 223.0 Lung Stomach Colorectum Liver Esophagus Prostate Pancreas Bladder Leukemia NHL
47.8 29.5 28.1 27.6 19.7 9.1 6.2 5.9 5.8 4.8
Female 182.6 Breast Lung Colorectum Thyroid Stomach Cervix uteri Liver Esophagus Corpus uteri Ovary
36.1 22.8 19.4 15.8 12.3 10.7 9.0 8.2 7.1 5.3
Mortality Both 130.1 Lung Stomach Liver Esophagus Colorectum Breast Pancreas Prostate Cervix uteri Leukemia
30.9 17.5 17.1 12.7 10.9 8.8 4.9 4.7 4.4 3.5
Male 166.6 Lung Liver Stomach Esophagus Colorectum Pancreas Prostate Leukemia Brain, CNS NHL
43.4 25.6 25.0 18.2 13.1 5.6 4.7 4.4 3.6 2.8
Female 95.2 Lung Stomach Colorectum Breast Liver Esophagus Cervix uteri Pancreas Ovary Brain, CNS
19.0 10.4 8.8 8.8 8.6 7.4 4.4 4.2 2.9 2.8