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. 2022 Aug 30;19(8):1121–1138. doi: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2022.0231

Table 1.

The most frequent cancers in China by sex, 2016

Site Overall
Men
Women
Cases Percentage (%) Rank Cases Percentage (%) Rank Cases Percentage (%) Rank
All sites 4,064,000 100.0 2,234,300 100.0 1,829,600 100.0
Lung 828,100 20.4 1 549,800 24.6 1 278,300 15.2 2
Colon-rectum 408,000 10.0 2 238,500 10.7 4 169,500 9.3 3
Stomach 396,500 9.8 3 276,300 12.4 3 120,200 6.6 5
Liver 388,800 9.6 4 288,800 12.9 2 100,000 5.5 7
Female breast 306,000 7.5 5 306,000 16.7 1
Esophagus 252,500 6.2 6 184,500 8.3 5 68,000 3.7 10
Thyroid 202,600 5.0 7 50,000 2.2 12 152,600 8.3 4
All other sites 173,600 4.3 8 90,900 4.1 6 82,700 4.5 8
Cervix 119,300 2.9 9 119,300 6.5 6
Brain, CNS 109,000 2.7 10 50,500 2.3 11 58,500 3.2 11
Pancreas 100,400 2.5 11 57,000 2.6 9 43,400 2.4 13
Lymphoma 89,900 2.2 12 51,600 2.3 10 38,300 2.1 14
Leukemia 85,800 2.1 13 49,400 2.2 13 36,400 2.0 15
Bladder 82,300 2.0 14 64,200 2.9 8 18,000 1.0 18
Prostate 78,300 1.9 15 78,300 3.5 7
Kidney 75,800 1.9 16 48,000 2.1 14 27,800 1.5 17
Uterus 71,100 1.7 17 71,100 3.9 9
Ovary 57,200 1.4 18 57,200 3.1 12
Gallbladder 55,700 1.4 19 26,400 1.2 17 29,300 1.6 16
Lip, oral, cavity, and pharynx 52,200 1.3 20 36,200 1.6 16 16,100 0.9 19
Nasopharynx 52,000 1.3 21 37,400 1.7 15 14,700 0.8 20
Bone 25,800 0.6 22 14,900 0.7 19 10,900 0.6 21
Larynx 25,700 0.6 23 23,500 1.1 18 2,200 0.1 24
Other thoracic organs 13,100 0.3 24 7,600 0.3 20 5,500 0.3 22
Melanoma of skin 7,000 0.2 25 3,500 0.2 21 3,500 0.2 23
Testis 3,400 0.1 26 3,400 0.2 22

Cancer incidence and mortality in China, 20161.