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. 2021 Nov;157:308–347. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.07.039

Appendix Table A1a.

Estimated number of new cancer cases (hundreds) and ASRsa (per 100,000) of cancer incidence by sex, cancer site and country in Europe for 2020.

Country/region Lip, oral cavity and pharynx
Oesophagus
Stomach
Colorectum
Liver
C00–14
C15
C16
C18–21
C22
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR
Europe 933.4 27.2 352.9 8.4 404.2 12.3 125.8 2.9 837.2 26.2 523.2 12.1 2817.1 89.0 2381.1 55.4 580.8 18.0 295.5 6.8
EU-27 560.4 25.6 238.6 9.3 232.9 10.9 70.4 2.7 466.6 22.4 287.8 10.6 1910.5 91.6 1503.7 56.3 419.1 19.8 190.2 7.0
Central and Eastern Europe 409.0 34.2 108.6 6.7 125.2 11.0 29.2 1.8 399.3 38.5 255.9 15.7 891.9 88.1 837.6 51.4 151.8 14.6 96.0 5.9
Belarus 15.3 39.7 2.2 4.3 5.0 13.5 0.5 1.0 16.4 51.9 11.0 21.0 27.2 89.5 28.0 53.4 3.7 11.0 1.7 3.3
Bulgaria 6.7 19.5 2.3 5.4 1.8 5.2 0.5 1.1 8.1 25.0 4.6 10.5 27.0 83.8 19.5 44.9 4.2 12.5 2.2 5.2
Czechia 12.0 24.1 5.6 9.6 5.7 11.6 1.2 2.1 7.8 17.5 5.8 9.8 50.2 110.6 35.1 58.8 6.6 14.5 3.6 6.0
Hungary 17.7 39.5 6.9 12.1 5.0 11.6 1.2 2.0 10.4 26.6 7.4 12.5 55.0 135.6 42.9 73.0 7.2 17.7 3.2 5.5
Republic of Moldova 5.8 39.0 0.6 3.7 1.3 9.3 0.1 0.7 4.3 34.0 2.3 12.5 12.0 93.7 7.9 43.8 4.1 30.0 1.7 9.8
Poland 57.3 34.4 21.6 10.3 14.4 8.9 4.0 1.9 40.2 27.2 23.7 11.3 148.4 99.9 107.6 51.2 16.7 11.2 11.7 5.5
Romania 37.6 41.0 7.3 6.8 6.6 7.4 1.6 1.5 27.0 33.1 12.7 11.6 76.1 93.1 53.3 48.9 23.8 28.5 12.4 11.3
Russia 185.0 33.5 48.1 6.0 64.3 12.5 17.5 2.2 223.1 48.1 150.5 19.1 356.8 78.0 415.3 52.3 67.9 14.6 49.2 6.3
Slovakia 10.1 41.3 2.0 7.3 3.3 14.1 0.5 1.7 7.3 37.6 4.9 17.8 28.5 141.3 19.7 71.1 4.4 23.3 1.9 7.0
Ukraine 61.6 34.9 12.1 4.8 17.7 10.3 2.2 0.9 54.7 35.0 33.1 13.1 110.7 72.9 108.3 42.5 13.3 8.3 8.3 3.3
Northern Europe 109.8 22.4 56.4 10.3 90.7 19.1 39.0 6.8 72.6 15.5 42.1 7.4 444.6 94.2 371.7 66.1 74.5 15.7 44.7 7.9
Denmark 7.8 27.4 3.6 12.0 3.8 13.6 1.5 4.8 3.7 13.9 1.9 6.3 31.6 117.8 26.1 83.9 4.1 14.8 2.4 7.6
Estonia 1.3 24.2 0.4 5.3 0.7 13.2 0.2 1.7 2.1 42.2 1.7 19.5 4.5 94.8 5.1 58.8 0.9 17.3 0.5 6.2
Finland 4.5 16.6 2.8 8.4 2.6 9.3 1.0 2.8 3.2 12.3 2.4 7.0 19.8 74.6 18.0 53.5 4.2 15.7 2.1 6.0
Iceland 0.2 11.3 0.1 4.9 0.2 15.7 0.1 4.1 0.2 12.3 0.1 8.2 1.1 77.8 0.9 61.4 0.2 12.1 0.1 5.4
Ireland 3.7 19.4 1.7 8.7 3.6 21.2 1.7 9.0 4.6 27.1 2.3 11.9 18.6 109.6 13.2 68.1 3.1 18.5 1.6 8.6
Latvia 3.0 37.8 0.7 5.6 1.2 15.5 0.2 1.9 3.1 42.9 2.2 17.4 8.5 124.1 8.9 69.6 0.9 11.9 0.6 4.8
Lithuania 3.3 27.9 0.9 4.8 1.9 16.3 0.4 2.1 4.8 44.7 3.9 21.0 9.3 89.4 9.6 52.0 1.7 15.8 1.1 5.7
Norway 4.5 18.7 2.3 9.0 2.6 11.0 0.8 3.2 3.0 13.4 1.7 6.3 25.5 112.5 24.2 92.7 2.8 12.3 1.3 4.9
Sweden 8.1 16.7 5.2 9.8 4.1 8.6 1.8 3.1 4.9 10.2 3.0 5.4 35.5 73.7 32.3 58.8 6.5 13.2 3.3 5.9
United Kingdom 73.3 23.4 38.6 11.2 69.8 23.0 31.3 8.7 42.8 14.3 22.9 6.4 288.9 95.3 232.3 65.9 50.0 16.4 31.6 8.9
Southern Europe 158.2 20.5 66.9 7.1 48.9 6.4 14.2 1.5 186.3 24.9 119.3 12.2 710.1 94.2 525.8 55.3 169.4 22.2 78.6 8.1
Albania 1.3 11.7 0.8 7.4 0.5 4.4 0.1 0.8 3.4 29.6 1.3 10.8 2.1 18.4 1.8 14.4 1.0 8.9 0.7 5.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.6 17.2 1.2 6.9 1.0 6.6 0.2 1.3 4.8 33.9 2.8 15.8 10.9 75.2 7.8 43.8 3.0 21.5 2.5 14.1
Croatia 4.6 22.6 1.4 5.7 1.7 8.8 0.4 1.6 5.3 28.9 3.7 14.4 22.3 119.6 14.8 57.7 4.0 21.2 1.9 7.1
Cyprus 0.4 9.0 0.2 3.7 0.2 3.4 0.0 0.8 0.7 15.9 0.5 10.5 3.7 88.1 1.7 34.0 0.7 16.7 0.4 7.9
Greece 7.2 13.4 3.3 4.7 1.8 3.4 0.6 0.9 11.3 20.9 6.5 9.3 45.3 83.6 33.7 49.1 12.0 22.2 6.3 9.1
Italy 52.5 16.6 27.2 7.1 15.1 4.8 6.5 1.6 85.5 27.4 58.2 13.9 255.9 81.6 229.9 57.4 78.6 24.9 38.8 9.4
North Macedonia 0.7 10.3 0.3 3.0 0.4 4.7 0.1 0.6 2.2 28.9 1.1 12.2 4.6 58.0 4.9 51.1 1.3 16.3 0.7 7.5
Malta 0.3 12.7 0.1 5.4 0.2 9.5 0.1 1.8 0.5 23.8 0.2 9.6 1.7 81.0 1.2 49.5 0.3 12.3 0.1 4.6
Montenegro 0.6 23.1 0.3 10.7 0.2 8.8 0.1 3.2 0.6 22.9 0.2 6.3 1.9 81.3 1.4 46.8 0.3 14.0 0.2 8.0
Portugal 17.3 34.0 4.0 6.1 6.0 11.9 0.9 1.3 17.4 35.6 12.1 17.9 64.2 130.9 40.8 61.5 11.4 23.1 4.1 5.9
Serbia 11.0 28.7 3.4 7.4 2.7 6.7 0.8 1.6 8.3 23.1 4.5 9.6 37.9 99.5 22.0 47.1 5.6 15.0 4.4 9.4
Slovenia 3.0 28.4 0.8 6.4 0.8 8.0 0.2 1.7 2.8 29.0 1.7 13.3 13.0 133.3 7.2 58.7 2.4 24.1 1.0 7.8
Spain 56.6 25.3 23.9 8.8 18.4 8.3 4.2 1.6 43.3 20.2 26.5 9.5 246.1 114.4 158.3 58.4 48.8 22.1 17.7 6.4
Western Europe 256.5 26.2 121.0 10.9 139.4 14.5 43.5 3.8 179.0 18.9 105.9 8.9 770.5 81.5 645.9 54.7 185.1 19.4 76.2 6.3
Austria 8.3 19.4 3.7 7.5 3.5 8.3 1.2 2.4 7.6 18.9 4.9 9.6 26.2 65.4 18.8 37.2 7.7 18.9 3.4 6.7
Belgium 15.3 27.6 6.1 9.9 8.1 15.2 3.2 5.1 10.3 20.0 5.6 8.6 54.4 105.1 41.5 64.5 9.1 17.0 3.8 5.8
France 113.2 36.2 48.5 13.3 41.0 13.4 12.1 3.2 47.1 15.5 24.3 6.0 257.8 85.3 222.8 56.4 83.0 27.1 32.1 8.0
Germany 92.9 20.9 48.6 9.8 60.4 13.7 18.3 3.6 93.7 21.5 59.6 11.2 308.7 70.8 266.5 50.0 66.8 15.2 28.7 5.3
Luxembourg 0.6 23.4 0.1 5.0 0.3 13.2 0.1 3.3 0.5 20.7 0.2 8.2 1.8 78.4 1.5 54.2 0.5 20.5 0.2 7.8
Netherlands 15.3 18.0 9.8 10.6 20.8 25.4 6.9 7.4 13.5 16.9 7.5 8.1 96.5 120.1 73.6 78.9 9.8 12.3 5.1 5.5
Switzerland 10.8 25.8 4.2 9.0 5.3 13.2 1.6 3.4 6.3 15.8 3.8 7.9 24.8 63.2 20.9 44.4 8.2 21.0 2.9 6.1
Country/region Gallbladder
Pancreas
Larynx
Lung
Melanoma
Breast
Cervix uteri
C23
C25
C32
C33–34
C43
C50
C53
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
F
F
Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR Cases ASR
Europe 38.8 1.3 86.9 2.0 702.1 22.2 699.1 16.0 349.5 10.3 49.1 1.2 3150.5 97.6 1624.8 38.3 763.1 23.2 743.2 18.2 5310.9 128.6 581.7 14.6
EU-27 26.6 1.3 51.0 1.9 471.3 22.6 477.6 17.5 211.8 9.8 34.5 1.4 2052.5 97.2 1130.7 43.9 554.0 26.0 509.7 20.8 3554.6 142.8 304.5 12.8
Central and Eastern Europe 14.0 1.6 38.6 2.4 225.8 21.6 218.0 13.4 165.8 14.1 15.5 0.9 1119.9 103.8 396.5 24.2 121.9 11.1 158.0 9.8 1587.1 97.6 323.5 20.2
Belarus 0.3 1.0 1.3 2.5 6.8 20.9 5.2 9.9 6.3 16.4 0.2 0.4 36.4 107.9 5.2 10.0 3.8 10.8 5.2 9.8 47.5 89.4 8.4 16
Bulgaria 0.4 1.4 0.8 1.9 7.6 23.0 6.0 13.7 5.0 14.5 0.4 1.0 33.6 97.9 9.4 22.6 3.0 9.1 3.3 8.1 40.6 100.0 10.1 26
Czechia 1.3 3.0 2.7 4.5 12.6 27.5 12.1 20.1 4.3 8.5 0.7 1.2 41.5 88.9 24.1 40.1 13.7 29.2 12.2 21.2 77.2 132.0 7.7 13.5
Hungary 0.7 1.8 1.7 2.9 12.0 29.7 13.0 21.9 6.6 15.0 1.6 2.9 58.1 138.3 44.6 76.6 7.7 18.0 7.1 12.6 75.7 134.1 12.5 23.3
Republic of Moldova 0.1 0.5 0.2 1.2 3.0 23.6 2.7 15.4 3.3 20.7 0.2 1.0 12.8 92.2 3.0 16.7 1.0 7.3 0.8 4.7 14.9 75.7 4.8 22
Poland 3.2 2.3 7.6 3.6 29.7 19.7 29.6 14.1 27.1 16.5 4.2 2.0 182.8 120.0 112.3 53.1 17.2 10.8 20.2 9.7 246.4 119.1 38.6 18.9
Romania 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.1 17.2 20.7 15.1 13.8 18.0 19.8 1.2 1.1 90.3 105.3 30.9 28.5 7.9 8.9 7.6 7.1 120.9 113.1 33.8 32.3
Russia 4.9 1.2 16.8 2.1 102.6 21.4 105.5 13.4 67.1 12.3 5.4 0.7 509.9 102.4 128.9 16.1 48.1 9.5 74.2 9.3 750.5 93.1 153.1 19.1
Slovakia 0.8 4.2 2.3 8.6 5.5 26.8 5.3 19.3 3.8 15.7 0.2 0.8 25.3 120.0 7.9 28.1 4.2 19.4 4.0 14.2 30.8 108.6 7.0 24.2
Ukraine 1.2 0.9 4.0 1.6 28.8 18.3 23.6 9.3 24.4 13.9 1.3 0.5 129.2 80.7 30.0 11.8 15.3 9.1 23.5 9.4 182.6 72.1 47.6 19.2
Northern Europe 5.9 1.3 12.8 2.2 97.1 20.7 97.4 17.1 31.6 6.5 6.7 1.2 394.1 83.7 356.4 63.6 169.4 35.2 166.1 30.6 831.8 153.7 66.7 12.6
Denmark 0.2 0.9 0.4 1.1 5.8 21.5 6.0 19.2 2.0 7.1 0.5 1.5 24.0 88.3 26.5 85.1 13.8 50.7 15.0 51.3 50.8 171.2 3.8 13.4
Estonia 0.1 1.5 0.2 1.7 1.4 27.7 1.6 18.0 0.6 10.9 0.1 0.9 5.8 117.3 2.3 27.7 1.2 24.2 1.5 20.2 8.4 109.6 2.0 27.4
Finland 0.6 2.0 0.8 2.4 6.9 25.7 7.2 20.8 1.0 3.7 0.2 0.5 18.2 67.1 11.1 32.8 10.9 40.8 10.0 32.8 52.3 168.5 1.9 6.67
Iceland 0.0 0.9 0.0 1.6 0.3 21.2 0.2 16.8 0.1 6.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 72.1 1.1 74.3 0.2 16.1 0.3 16.0 2.3 151.1 0.2 9.92
Ireland 0.2 1.3 0.4 2.3 3.6 22.2 3.1 16.5 1.8 10.1 0.3 1.3 16.4 98.6 16.3 85.1 5.4 30.3 7.7 37.6 34.3 164.9 3.4 15.6
Latvia 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.0 1.9 26.4 2.2 16.4 1.1 13.9 0.1 0.7 8.9 127.9 3.2 24.7 1.1 15.2 1.2 10.3 12.6 108.9 2.7 25.1
Lithuania 0.1 1.3 0.4 2.3 2.6 24.3 3.2 17.1 1.5 12.9 0.1 0.7 11.1 103.2 3.9 21.3 2.1 18.7 3.1 18.2 17.7 106.5 4.1 26.8
Norway 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.1 4.7 20.8 4.5 17.4 1.0 4.1 0.2 0.9 16.6 73.8 16.5 63.9 13.0 55.4 12.7 48.6 36.7 141.8 4.0 14.9
Sweden 0.9 2.0 1.2 2.2 10.2 21.2 11.2 20.0 1.3 2.7 0.2 0.4 21.6 44.8 24.1 43.9 21.5 44.6 21.2 41.3 75.3 147.7 6.6 13.3
United Kingdom 3.5 1.2 8.9 2.5 59.5 19.7 57.7 16.2 21.2 6.8 5.0 1.5 269.4 89.3 250.4 71.4 99.6 32.4 93.0 27.1 538.9 157.5 37.9 11.2
Southern Europe 10.2 1.4 17.7 1.8 152.5 20.3 155.9 15.9 81.7 10.6 11.0 1.2 740.1 98.0 303.8 33.2 124.4 16.2 114.8 13.4 1201.9 135.7 90.5 10.8
Albania 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.4 1.8 16.1 0.9 7.6 1.3 10.5 0.2 2.0 9.2 82.0 1.9 15.6 0.4 2.8 0.2 1.6 9.4 71.0 1.3 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6 4.9 1.1 6.3 2.8 19.0 2.4 13.3 2.4 14.9 0.4 2.2 19.8 131.3 5.3 29.4 1.1 7.7 1.4 8.1 15.5 86.3 3.1 18
Croatia 0.6 3.2 1.1 4.1 4.3 23.0 4.4 16.8 2.7 13.1 0.2 1.0 22.8 118.4 9.6 38.5 3.8 19.6 3.2 13.5 28.9 120.3 3.4 14.7
Cyprus 0.1 2.0 0.1 2.3 1.0 23.4 0.7 14.8 0.5 9.9 0.0 0.8 4.5 102.1 1.3 24.6 0.5 10.0 0.4 7.4 7.6 140.4 0.5 7.9
Greece 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.6 12.4 22.9 10.6 15.6 7.4 13.7 0.8 1.1 67.9 127.2 21.7 33.9 7.5 13.8 5.7 9.3 77.7 124.4 7.0 11.6
Italy 4.0 1.3 6.7 1.6 64.3 20.6 77.3 18.3 27.7 8.8 4.6 1.2 283.7 90.9 135.8 35.1 68.5 21.8 56.6 16.5 551.3 151.1 31.5 9.36
North Macedonia 0.1 1.2 0.3 3.4 1.7 22.9 1.1 11.9 1.7 18.8 0.2 1.5 8.9 103.3 2.4 25.4 1.2 12.6 0.8 8.8 9.9 99.2 1.1 10.9
Malta 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.7 0.5 25.5 0.5 18.2 0.2 10.3 0.0 1.6 2.0 100.3 0.6 23.9 0.3 12.6 0.3 11.1 4.0 171.3 0.1 5.65
Montenegro 0.0 1.8 0.1 2.3 0.6 27.7 0.4 14.2 0.6 24.2 0.1 3.3 3.2 123.8 1.3 40.4 0.3 11.1 0.3 8.8 3.8 123.1 1.1 36.1
Portugal 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.4 9.4 19.3 8.5 12.2 4.8 9.6 0.5 0.7 39.3 79.5 14.8 22.8 5.1 10.2 5.7 9.4 70.4 116.9 8.7 15.1
Serbia 0.9 2.5 2.0 4.1 8.5 22.8 7.4 16.0 6.6 16.6 0.9 1.8 54.1 136.4 26.4 55.2 6.0 15.1 5.1 11.2 67.2 145.3 12.1 26.5
Slovenia 0.2 2.6 0.5 4.0 2.4 24.5 2.2 17.7 0.9 8.5 0.1 1.0 9.3 92.9 5.5 45.3 3.8 37.5 3.6 31.2 14.1 121.2 1.0 9.42
Spain 2.8 1.3 4.5 1.5 42.7 19.8 39.4 14.2 25.0 11.3 3.1 1.2 214.8 99.1 77.1 29.9 25.8 11.6 31.4 12.3 340.9 132.0 19.6 7.81
Western Europe 8.7 0.9 17.8 1.5 226.7 24.0 227.9 18.8 70.4 7.2 16.0 1.5 896.5 93.7 568.1 50.6 347.5 36.4 304.2 28.8 1690.2 156.5 101.0 9.86
Austria 0.4 1.1 0.9 1.8 9.8 24.3 10.3 20.2 2.3 5.4 0.5 1.1 29.9 72.8 22.6 46.3 10.3 24.9 10.1 21.3 59.2 122.7 3.9 8.14
Belgium 0.4 0.8 0.9 1.4 10.6 20.5 10.7 16.2 5.2 9.5 1.0 1.7 64.3 123.5 32.2 52.5 14.2 26.3 19.5 32.6 117.3 194.0 6.4 10.8
France 2.3 0.8 4.2 1.1 71.2 23.5 73.4 18.1 27.1 8.8 5.5 1.5 319.4 103.9 163.6 44.2 86.9 28.4 77.6 22.0 580.8 164.4 33.8 9.85
Germany 4.5 1.0 9.5 1.7 108.5 24.9 107.0 19.5 27.8 6.3 6.8 1.4 384.4 87.1 263.7 52.4 172.6 39.9 142.1 31.2 697.0 145.0 46.7 10.7
Luxembourg 0.1 2.6 0.0 0.9 0.6 28.6 0.5 16.9 0.3 10.8 0.0 1.5 2.4 102.6 1.1 40.6 0.8 30.6 0.6 20.8 5.0 171.6 0.2 8.05
Netherlands 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.5 16.7 21.1 16.6 17.6 5.8 6.9 1.6 1.7 70.5 90.0 64.5 69.4 44.2 54.2 38.9 43.7 157.3 174.4 7.7 9.1
Switzerland 0.4 1.0 0.9 1.9 9.3 23.5 9.4 19.7 1.9 4.5 0.5 1.1 25.3 64.3 20.2 43.8 18.2 44.8 15.4 33.7 72.9 160.8 2.4 5.2

European areas are reported in bold.

a

ASR = Age-standardised rates using European standard population 2013, based on estimated number of new cases; M = Males, F = Females.