Table 1.

Incidence, mortality and 5-year prevalence rates for cancer of the lip and oral cavity (ICD-10 codes: C00–C08) in both sexes in 2008

Population	World	More developed regions	Less developed regions	South Central Asia	India
Incidence
Cases, n*	263,020	91,148	171,872	97,623	69,820
ASR-w, %†	3.8	4.4	3.6	7.4	7.5
Cumulative risk, %‡	0.44	0.51	0.42	0.88	0.89
Mortality
Cases, n*	127,654	30,689	96,965	63,610	47,653
ASR-w, %†	1.8	1.4	2.0	4.9	5.2
Cumulative risk, %‡	0.22	0.16	0.24	0.59	0.61
5-year prevalence	610,656	258,973	351,683	172,534	107,690

^*Crude rates are expressed as the annual rate per 100,000 persons at risk.

^†Weighted age-standardised rates (ASR-w) are expressed as rates per 100,000 population.

^‡Cumulative risk for age (0–74 years), %.

Data are derived from GLOBOCAN 2008 (http://globocan.iarc.fr/).