Table 1.

Incidence and mortality of liver cancer by region

	Incidence						Mortality
	Both sexes		Males		Females		Both sexes		Males		Females
Region	new cases	ASR	new cases	ASR	new cases	ASR	deaths	ASR	deaths	ASR	deaths	ASR
Eastern Africa	11,550	4.8	7,011	6.2	4,539	3.6	11,251	4.7	6,799	6.2	4,452	3.5
Middle Africa	6,010	6.5	4,137	9.4	1,873	3.9	5,853	6.5	4,056	9.5	1,797	3.9
Northern Africa	27,935	14.1	19,912	20.8	8,023	7.8	27,505	13.9	19,570	20.4	7,935	7.7
Southern Africa	2,710	4.9	1,692	7.4	1,018	3.2	2,597	4.7	1,614	7.1	983	3.1
Western Africa	16,574	8.3	10,778	11.1	5,796	5.7	16,356	8.2	10,747	11.1	5,609	5.6
Caribbean	2,923	5.0	1,706	6.3	1,217	3.8	2,791	4.7	1,588	5.8	1,203	3.7
Central America	11,229	6.3	5,513	6.7	5,716	6.0	10,672	5.9	5,324	6.4	5,348	5.5
South America	24,248	4.6	13,565	5.8	10,683	3.5	22,973	4.3	12,738	5.5	10,235	3.4
North America	41,851	6.6	29,900	10.1	11,951	3.4	34,339	4.8	22,889	7.1	11,450	2.8
Eastern Asia	467,327	17.7	343,523	26.8	123,804	8.7	427,932	16.0	312,228	24.2	115,704	8.0
Southeastern Asia	89,010	13.3	65,407	21.0	23,603	6.6	88,429	13.2	65,238	20.9	23,191	6.5
South-central Asia	44,010	2.5	29,027	3.4	14,983	1.7	40,812	2.3	27,060	3.2	13,752	1.5
Western Asia	9,249	4.0	5,787	5.4	3,462	2.8	9,096	4.0	5,697	5.4	3,399	2.8
Central and Eastern Europe	22,784	4.0	13,737	6.2	9,047	2.5	22,745	3.9	13,581	6.1	9,164	2.4
Western Europe	23,659	5.3	17,300	8.4	6,359	2.5	22,637	4.5	15,896	7.0	6,741	2.2
Southern Europe	25,026	6.8	17,702	10.9	7,324	3.1	21,996	5.3	14,800	8.3	7,196	2.6
Northern Europe	10,997	4.7	7,086	6.6	3,911	2.9	9,997	3.8	6,088	5.2	3,909	2.5
Australia and New Zealand	2,921	5.7	2,115	8.8	806	2.7	2,709	4.7	1,881	7.0	828	2.5
Melanesia	915	11.4	557	14.2	358	8.9	819	10.6	491	13.1	328	8.3
Polynesia	67	9.2	50	14.4	17	4.1	54	7.4	36	10.6	18	4.5
Micronesia	85	15.2	69	25.6	16	5.4	68	12.0	54	19.8	14	4.9
World	841,080	9.3	596,574	13.9	244,506	4.9	781,631	8.5	548,375	12.7	233,256	4.6

ASR, age-standardized rate. Data source: GLOBOCAN 2018 (http://gco.iarc.fr/today).