Table 4.
The top 10 cancer mortality rates in China in 2010
| Male | Male | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Site | Cases | Mortality (1/105) | (%) | ASR† (1/105) | Site | Cases | Mortality (1/105) | (%) | ASR† (1/105) |
| 1 | Lung (C33-C34) | 336786 | 50.04 | 26.85 | 39.79 | Lung (C33-C34) | 149769 | 23.33 | 21.32 | 16.62 |
| 2 | Liver (C22) | 231950 | 34.47 | 18.49 | 27.69 | Stomach (C16) | 87833 | 13.68 | 12.50 | 9.83 |
| 3 | Stomach (C16) | 200018 | 29.72 | 15.95 | 23.70 | Liver (C22) | 80482 | 12.54 | 11.46 | 9.15 |
| 4 | Esophagus (C15) | 148865 | 22.12 | 11.87 | 17.54 | Esophagus (C15) | 59608 | 9.29 | 8.49 | 6.52 |
| 5 | Colorectal (C18-21) | 76646 | 11.39 | 6.11 | 9.10 | Breast (C50) | 55500 | 8.65 | 7.90 | 6.56 |
| 6 | Pancreas (C25) | 34509 | 5.13 | 2.75 | 4.08 | Colorectal (C18-21) | 55464 | 8.64 | 7.90 | 6.12 |
| 7 | Leukaemia (C91-C95) | 26212 | 3.89 | 2.09 | 3.45 | Pancreas (C25) | 23226 | 3.62 | 3.31 | 2.58 |
| 8 | Brain, CNS (C70-C72) | 26029 | 3.87 | 2.08 | 3.27 | Cervix (C53) | 21626 | 3.37 | 3.08 | 2.60 |
| 9 | Lymphoma (C81-85,88,90,96) | 22178 | 3.30 | 1.77 | 2.70 | Brain, CNS (C70-C72) | 20711 | 3.23 | 2.95 | 2.55 |
| 10 | Bladder (C67) | 17386 | 2.58 | 1.39 | 2.05 | Leukaemia (C91-C95) | 19441 | 3.03 | 2.77 | 2.56 |
ASR, age –standardized incidence rate (China population 2000; CNS, central nervous system.