Table 2. Global Cancer Estimates in 2019 and Ranking Among 22 Level 2 Categories of Diseases and Injuries in the Global Burden of Disease Study Overall and by Quintile of Sociodemographic Index.
| Locationa | DALYs | Deaths | YLLs | Incident cases | YLDs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. millions (95% UI) | Cancer rank | No. millions (95% UI) | Cancer rank | No. millions (95% UI) | Cancer rank | No. millions (95% UI) | Cancer rank | No. millions (95% UI) | Cancer rank | |
| Global | 249.0 (233.6-263.2) | 2 | 9.97 (9.31-10.5) | 2 | 241.3 (226.5-255.3) | 2 | 17.2 (15.9-18.5) | 21 | 7.72 (5.68-9.96) | 20 |
| SDI | ||||||||||
| Low | 18.0 (15.9-20.2) | 10 | 0.54 (0.48-0.60) | 5 | 17.7 (15.7-19.8) | 9 | 0.68 (0.60-0.76) | 21 | 0.26 (0.18-0.34) | 22 |
| Low-middle | 40.2 (36.8-43.7) | 4 | 1.37 (1.26-1.49) | 2 | 39.5 (36.1-43.0) | 4 | 1.81 (1.67-1.96) | 21 | 0.70 (0.52-0.92) | 22 |
| Middle | 76.3 (69.7-83.2) | 2 | 2.88 (2.62-3.15) | 2 | 74.5 (68.0-81.4) | 2 | 4.47 (4.05-4.89) | 21 | 1.85 (1.36-2.44) | 20 |
| High-middle | 63.5 (58.6-68.2) | 2 | 2.65 (2.42-2.85) | 2 | 61.4 (56.6-66.0) | 2 | 4.69 (4.29-5.09) | 21 | 2.11 (1.54-2.75) | 16 |
| High | 50.9 (48.1-52.9) | 1 | 2.53 (2.31-2.64) | 2 | 48.1 (45.5-49.7) | 1 | 5.56 (5.02-6.09) | 19 | 2.79 (2.03-3.61) | 12 |
Abbreviations: DALYs, disability-adjusted life years; SDI, Sociodemographic Index; UI, uncertainty interval; YLDs, years lived with disability; YLLs, years of life lost.
a
Total numbers and rankings exclude nonmelanoma skin cancer. All estimates refer to estimates in 2019. Rank refers to the relative ranking of the total cancer estimate for a given measure (eg, DALYs) and SDI quintile (eg, high SDI) compared among the 22 level 2 categories of diseases and injuries in the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. More details on SDI quintiles, including population, are in the eAppendix in the Supplement. A version of this table using age-standardized rates is provided in eTable 18 in the Supplement.