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. 2021 Oct;74:102010. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2021.102010

Table 1.

Age-standardised all cancers and specific cancers mortality rates (per 100,000 population) for males and females, 1981 (1980-83), 1991 (1991-93), 2001 (2000-03), 2011 (2010-13) and 2016 (2015-18). Rates are shown for 15-year age groups (for cancer sites, rates are shown for 15-year age groups from 30+). Rates for all ages are shown in bold-italics.

Males
Females
Years
% Change Years
% Change
Age 1981 1991 2001 2011 2016 1981−2016 1981 1991 2001 2011 2016 1981−2016
All cancers (ICD-9 140–208; ICD-10 C00–C97)
0−14 5 3 4 2 2 −57 4 4 2 2 2
15−29 9 6 6 5 4 −51 7 6 5 5 4 −45
30−44 37 31 24 21 22 −42 53 43 33 30 29 −46
45−59 280 256 206 160 148 −47 252 236 194 163 148 −41
60−74 1181 1199 1029 838 766 −35 679 746 675 620 563 −17
75+ 2603 2795 2689 2563 2406 −8 1339 1442 1543 1553 1522 14
All ages 497 510 461 407 379 −24 297 312 298 283 267 −10
Lung (ICD-9 162; ICD-10 C33-34)
30−44 8 5 3 3 3 −66 4 4 3 2 2
45−59 120 85 58 41 35 −70 51 45 40 38 30 −41
60−74 529 481 343 257 217 −59 146 205 196 201 177 21
75+ 855 822 683 605 520 −39 137 229 311 372 371 170
All ages 191 172 131 106 90 −53 48 64 69 75 69 45
Colorectal (ICD-9 153, 154.0−154.1; ICD-10 C18−20)
30−44 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3
45−59 27 31 21 15 16 −41 21 21 14 13 14 −35
60−74 115 122 111 83 76 −34 85 80 57 49 45 −47
75+ 349 354 311 285 266 −24 265 220 191 171 170 −36
All ages 57 59 51 43 40 −29 43 38 30 27 26 −39
Prostate (ICD-9 185; ICD-10 C61)
30−44 0 0 0 0 0
45−59 5 5 6 4 4 −2
60−74 66 83 79 63 63 −5
75+ 332 449 458 441 398 20
All ages 42 55 55 51 47 13
Breast (female) (ICD-9 174; ICD-10 C50)
30−44 19 15 11 9 9 −53
45−59 74 68 51 38 32 −57
60−74 111 114 91 74 64 −42
75+ 186 209 193 177 166 −11
All ages 54 55 45 38 34 −37
Oesophagus (ICD-9 150; ICD-10 C15)
30−44 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
45−59 14 19 19 16 14 4 5 7 5 4 4 −23
60−74 45 62 63 64 61 34 25 29 23 21 19 −23
75+ 99 110 132 132 126 27 62 77 73 67 61 −3
All ages 20 24 27 26 24 25 11 13 11 10 9 −13
Pancreas (ICD-9 157; ICD-10 C25)
30−44 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
45−59 12 10 11 9 8 −28 8 6 6 6 5 −36
60−74 48 44 40 42 42 −12 32 32 30 30 31 −4
75+ 106 101 81 94 90 −16 83 72 72 75 76 −8
All ages 20 19 16 17 17 −16 15 13 13 13 13 −11
Liver (ICD-9 155; ICD-10 C22)
30−44 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
45−59 4 5 5 7 8 135 2 2 3 3 4
60−74 14 17 23 32 36 152 6 7 11 14 17 194
75+ 25 37 39 70 94 269 11 18 24 35 45 317
All ages 5 7 8 13 16 196 2 3 5 6 8 225
Bladder (ICD-9 188; ICD-10 C67)
30−44 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
45−59 8 7 4 3 2 −71 3 2 2 2 2
60−74 46 41 33 24 24 −49 18 16 12 11 9 −49
75+ 144 156 130 133 123 −15 44 48 47 49 46 5
All ages 22 22 18 17 16 −30 8 7 7 7 6 −19
Head and neck (ICD-9 140−149, 160−161; ICD-10 C11−14, C30−32)
30−44 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
45−59 9 14 14 12 9 9 4 4 4 4 4
60−74 28 41 37 37 40 44 10 11 11 12 13 28
75+ 66 52 54 54 63 −6 22 20 17 21 22 0
All ages 13 15 14 13 14 13 5 5 4 5 5 0
Stomach (ICD-9 151; ICD-10 C16)
30−44 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
45−59 25 14 9 6 5 −78 9 6 4 3 3 −66
60−74 98 75 50 29 22 −77 43 31 20 12 9 −80
75+ 196 168 133 102 80 −59 137 88 68 47 38 −72
All ages 39 31 22 15 12 −69 22 14 10 7 6 −74
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (ICD-9 200, 202; ICD-10 C82−86)
30−44 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
45−59 5 8 6 4 4 −18 4 6 5 3 2 −48
60−74 20 22 27 20 18 −9 16 21 19 14 14 −15
75+ 35 57 60 60 67 93 27 40 48 46 45 69
All ages 8 11 11 10 10 27 6 9 9 7 7 10
Kidney (ICD-9 189.0; ICD-10 C64)
30−44 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
45−59 7 8 7 6 6 −14 3 4 3 2 3
60−74 20 23 24 20 20 −3 11 12 12 11 10 −12
75+ 36 41 50 55 62 71 19 21 25 29 32 70
All ages 8 9 10 9 10 23 4 5 5 5 5 19
Leukaemia (ICD-9 204−208; ICD-10 C91−95)
30−44 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
45−59 6 4 4 3 3 −52 3 3 3 2 2
60−74 19 20 22 22 20 4 11 11 12 10 9 −14
75+ 61 49 67 77 69 12 33 28 35 39 37 11
All ages 11 9 11 12 10 −4 6 6 6 6 6 −11
Ovary (ICD-9 183.0; ICD-10 C56)
30−44 4 2 1 2 1
45−59 19 20 14 10 9 −52
60−74 40 42 43 37 31 −23
75+ 43 55 67 65 65 51
All ages 15 16 16 14 13 −14
Corpus uteri (ICD-9 182; ICD-10 C54)
30−44 0 0 0 0 0
45−59 3 2 3 2 3
60−74 11 12 11 14 16 42
75+ 20 18 24 28 34 69
All ages 4 4 5 5 6 44
Cervix uteri (ICD-9 180; ICD-10 C53)
30−44 6 5 3 3 3 −38
45−59 11 9 6 5 5 −57
60−74 20 16 8 6 5 −73
75+ 22 17 13 10 10 −54
All ages 9 7 4 4 4 −59

Cancer mortality rates are rounded to the nearest whole number while % change shows the percentage change in actual (unrounded) rates. Note that % change is not calculated, for a particular age group, when rates are consistently <5 per 100,000 population over time.