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. 2022 Oct 28;22:1979. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14412-1

Table 2.

Worldwide deaths and rates by sex for the 29 cancer types in 2019 in adults over 75 years old and the change in the trends from 1990 to 2019

both Male Female 1990–2019
EAPC
No. (95% CI)
Case Rate per 100,000 Case Rate per 100,000 Case Rate per 100,000
Total cancer 3,487,482 1260.90 1,923,318 1667.95 1,564,164 969.86 -0.05 (0.07 ~ -0.16)
Lung cancer 701,015 253.45 445,168 386.06 255,847 158.64 0.68 (0.95 ~ 0.42)
Colon and rectum cancer 468,185 169.27 226,604 196.52 241,581 149.79 0.01 (0.33 ~ -0.31)
Stomach cancer 346,650 125.33 199,465 172.98 147,185 91.26 -1.1 (-0.82 ~ -1.48)
Prostate cancer 308,160 111.41 308,160 267.24 -0.32 (0.07 ~ -0.70)
Pancreatic cancer 205,547 74.32 89,873 77.94 115,675 71.72 0.10 (1.52 ~ 0.48)
Breast cancer 182,595 66.02 3410 2.96 179,186 111.10 -0.48 (0.01 ~ -0.97)
Esophageal cancer 156,277 56.50 101,739 88.23 54,538 33.82 -0.45 (0.07 ~ -0.97)
Liver cancer 139,039 50.27 80,105 69.47 58,935 36.54 -0.54 (0.031 ~ -1.10)
Bladder cancer 125,997 45.55 89,449 77.57 36,548 22.66 -0.27 (0.34 ~ -0.87)
Leukemia 98,229 35.51 52,845 45.83 45,384 28.14 -0.05 (0.63 ~ -0.74)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 88,570 32.02 44,157 38.29 44,413 27.54 0.31 (1.06 ~ -0.43)
Gallbladder and biliary 74,599 26.97 29,795 25.84 44,804 27.78 -0.36 (0.42 ~ -1.13)
Kidney cancer 61,620 22.28 36,019 31.24 25,601 15.87 1.05 (1.98 ~ 0.12)
Ovarian cancer 52,315 18.91 52,315 32.44 -0.31 (0.61 ~ -1.23)
Lip and oral cavity cancer 49,820 18.01 26,858 23.29 22,962 14.24 0.37 (1.39 ~ -0.64)
Cervical cancer 48,158 17.41 48,158 29.86 -0.91 (0.02 ~ -1.82)
Multiple myeloma 45,876 16.59 22,733 19.71 23,144 14.35 0.23 (1.26 ~ -0.79)
Brain and central nervous 44,701 16.16 21,684 18.81 23,017 14.27 1.09 (2.18 ~ 0.00)
Non-melanoma skin cancer 30,240 10.93 16,243 14.09 13,997 8.68 0.92 (2.27 ~ -0.41)
Uterine cancer 29,990 10.84 29,990 18.60 -0.75 (0.42 ~ -1.91)
Larynx cancer 28,527 10.31 23,509 20.39 5018 3.11 -0.74 (0.49 ~ -1.96)
Malignant skin melanoma 22,378 8.09 11,604 10.06 10,774 6.68 0.46 (1.95 ~ -1.01)
Other pharynx cancer 20,239 7.32 14,369 12.46 5870 3.64 1.02 (2.71 ~ -0.64)
Thyroid cancer 16,561 5.99 6329 5.49 10,232 6.34 0.22 (1.94 ~ -1.47)
Mesothelioma 11,680 4.22 8791 7.62 2889 1.79 0.41 (2.48 ~ -1.62)
Nasopharynx cancer 10,145 3.67 6442 5.59 3703 2.30 -0.88 (1.19 ~ -2.91)
Hodgkin lymphoma 4364 1.58 2288 1.98 2076 1.29 -1.95 (0.96 ~ -4.78)
Testicular cancer 1254 0.45 1254 1.09 0.07 (6.70 ~ -6.14)
Other malignant neoplasms 114,750 41.49 54,423 47.20 60,326 37.41 0.13 (0.78 ~ -0.51)

EAPC estimated annual percentage change