Table 1.

Estimated new cancer cases and deaths by sex during 2022 in Korea

Site	Estimated new cases			Estimated deaths
	Both sexes	Men	Women	Both sexes	Men	Women
All sites	274,488	144,487	130,001	81,277	49,648	31,629
Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx	4,212	3,024	1,188	1,270	922	348
Esophagus	2,742	2,421	321	1,244	1,103	141
Stomach	26,422	17,590	8,832	5,441	3,578	1,863
Colon and rectum	29,165	17,187	11,978	8,790	4,873	3,917
Livera)	14,493	10,782	3,711	9,549	6,994	2,555
Gallbladderb)	8,558	4,606	3,952	5,540	3,017	2,523
Pancreas	9,238	4,756	4,482	7,277	3,730	3,547
Larynx	1,058	999	59	217	217	0
Lungc)	33,294	21,837	11,457	18,320	13,606	4,714
Breast	28,142	110	28,032	2,909	19	2,890
Cervix uteri	2,971	-	2,971	749	-	749
Corpus uteri	3,640	-	3,640	418	-	418
Ovary	3,173	-	3,173	1,392	-	1,392
Prostate	22,391	22,391	-	2,278	2,278	-
Testis	337	337	-	18	18	-
Kidney	6,952	4,873	2,079	1,068	711	357
Bladder	5,120	4,190	930	1,707	1,303	404
Brain and CNS	2,185	1,178	1,007	1,406	732	674
Thyroid	33,884	8,955	24,929	336	102	234
Hodgkin lymphoma	354	217	137	62	38	24
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	6,038	3,477	2,561	2,314	1,325	989
Multiple myeloma	2,120	1,116	1,004	946	533	413
Leukemia	3,983	2,301	1,682	2,116	1,239	877
Other and ill defined	24,016	12,140	11,876	5,910	3,310	2,600

CNS, central nervous system.

^a)Includes the liver and intrahepatic bile duct,

^b)Includes the gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract,

^c)Includes the lung and bronchus.