| AAPC | Average annual percent change |
| APC | Annual percentage change |
| ASR | Age-standardized rates |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CI5 | Cancer Incidence in Five Continents |
| GDP | Gross domestic products |
| GHDx | Global Health Data Exchange |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| NORDCAN | Nordic Cancer Registries |
| RR | Relative risk |
| SEER | Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results |