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. 2020 Jul 4;61(2):E259–E289. doi: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2020.61.2.1244

Tab. II.

The age-standardized mortality rate of liver cancer in different regions of the world in 2018.

Population All Men Women
Numbers Crude
Rate
ASR
(W)
Numbers Crude
Rate
ASR
(W)
Numbers Crude
Rate
ASR
(W)
World 781,631 10.2 8.5 548,375 14.2 12.7 233,256 6.2 4.6
WHO regions WHO Africa
region (AFRO)
36,239 3.4 5.9 23,315 4.3 8 12,924 2.4 4
WHO Americas
region (PAHO)
70,775 7 4.8 42,539 8.5 6.3 28,236 5.5 3.4
WHO East Mediterranean region (EMRO) 38,637 5.6 7.8 26,358 7.4 10.5 12,279 3.7 5
WHO Europe
region (EURO)
86,407 9.4 4.4 55,850 12.5 6.8 30,557 6.4 2.5
WHO South-East Asia region (SEARO) 81,347 4.1 4.3 57,697 5.7 6.2 23,650 2.4 2.4
WHO Western Pacific region (WPRO) 468,065 24.2 15.8 342,501 34.7 24.1 125,564 13.3 7.8
Continents Africa 63,562 4.9 8.3 42,786 6.7 11.9 20,776 3.2 5.2
Asia 566,269 12.5 10.5 410,223 17.6 15.8 156,046 7 5.5
Europe 77,375 10.4 4.4 50,365 14 6.8 27,010 7 2.4
Latin America
and the Caribbean
36,436 5.6 4.7 19,650 6.1 5.7 16,786 5.1 3.9
North America 34,339 9.4 4.8 22,889 12.7 7.1 11,450 6.2 2.8
Oceania 3,650 8.8 5.8 2,462 11.9 8.3 1,188 5.8 3.4
Human Development Index (HDI) China 368,960 25.9 17.1 273,014 37.3 25.6 95,946 13.9 8.6
High HDI 73,651 18 13 45,107 25.5 19.4 28,544 10.3 6.8
India 25,627 1.9 2 17,548 2.5 2.8 8,079 1.2 1.3
Low HDI 32,674 3.2 5.9 20,754 4.1 7.9 11,920 2.3 4.2
Medium HDI 113,443 5 5.7 81,390 7 8.3 32,053 3 3.2
Very high HDI 167,010 12 5.3 110,379 16.1 8.1 56,631 8.1 2.9
Income levels High income 47,477 7.8 2.7 47,477 7.8 2.7 47,477 7.8 2.7
Low income 10,295 2.7 4.5 10,295 2.7 4.5 10,295 2.7 4.5
Low middle income 42,245 2.9 3.1 42,245 2.9 3.1 42,245 2.9 3.1
Upper middle income 129,546 10 6.6 129,546 10 6.6 129,546 10 6.6
World regions Australia and New Zealand 2,709 9.2 4.7 1,881 12.8 7 828 5.6 2.5
Caribbean 2,791 6.3 4.7 1,588 7.3 5.8 1,203 5.4 3.7
Central America 10,672 5.9 5.9 5,324 6 6.4 5,348 5.9 5.5
Central
and Eastern Europe
22,745 7.8 3.9 13,581 9.9 6.1 9,164 5.9 2.4
Eastern Africa 11,251 2.6 4.7 6,799 3.2 6.2 4,452 2 3.5
Eastern Asia 427,932 25.9 16 312,228 36.9 24.2 115,704 14.3 8
Melanesia 819 7.8 10.6 491 9.2 13.1 328 6.3 8.3
Micronesia 68 12.8 12 54 20.1 19.8 14 5.3 4.9
Middle Africa 5,853 3.5 6.5 4,056 4.8 9.5 1,797 2.1 3.9
North America 34,339 9.4 4.8 22,889 12.7 7.1 11,450 6.2 2.8
Northern Africa 27,505 11.6 13.9 19,570 16.4 20.4 7,935 6.7 7.7
Northern Europe 9,997 9.5 3.8 6,088 11.8 5.2 3,909 7.4 2.5
Polynesia 54 7.8 7.4 36 10.2 10.6 18 5.3 4.5
South America 22,973 5.4 4.3 12,738 6 5.5 10,235 4.7 3.4
South-Central Asia 40,812 2.1 2.3 27,060 2.7 3.2 13,752 1.4 1.5
South-Eastern Asia 88,429 13.5 13.2 65,238 19.9 20.9 23,191 7.1 6.5
Southern Africa 2,597 3.9 4.7 1,614 5 7.1 983 2.9 3.1
Southern Europe 21,996 14.4 5.3 14,800 19.8 8.3 7,196 9.2 2.6
Western Africa 16,356 4.3 8.2 10,747 5.6 11.1 5,609 3 5.6
Western Asia 9,096 3.4 4 5,697 4 5.4 3,399 2.6 2.8
Western Europe 22,637 11.7 4.5 15,896 16.6 7 6,741 6.9 2.2