Table 3.
Estimated cancer incidence by age group and sex during 2022 in Korea
| Rank | Age group (yr) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–14 | 15–34 | 35–64 | ≥65 | |
| Men | ||||
| 1 | Leukemia (4.8) | Thyroid (25.0) | Colon and rectum (63.8) | Prostate (453.6) |
| 2 | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (3.2) | Leukemia (4.0) | Stomach (63.2) | Lunga) (423.1) |
| 3 | Brain and CNS (2.3) | Colon and rectum (3.8) | Thyroid (51.0) | Stomach (252.4) |
| 4 | Kidney (0.3) | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (3.3) | Lunga) (44.2) | Colon and rectum (234.5) |
| 5 | Liver (0.3) | Testis (3.1) | Liverb) (40.3) | Liverb) (149.3) |
| Women | ||||
| 1 | Leukemia (4.0) | Thyroid (75.1) | Breast (179.0) | Lunga) (145.5) |
| 2 | Brain and CNS (2.1) | Breast (12.8) | Thyroid (146.4) | Colon and rectum (143.2) |
| 3 | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (1.7) | Cervix uteri (5.4) | Colon and rectum (38.7) | Breast (113.3) |
| 4 | Ovary (0.8) | Ovary (3.6) | Lunga) (34.2) | Stomach (100.4) |
| 5 | Thyroid (0.6) | Corpus uteri (3.0) | Stomach (31.1) | Pancreas (66.4) |
CNS, central nervous system.
a)
Includes the lung and bronchus,
b)
Includes the liver and intrahepatic bile duct.