Lung

Source: Globocan 2018

Number of new cases in 2018, both sexes, all ages Number of deaths in 2018, both sexes, all ages

Lung
2 093 876 (11.6%) Lung
1 761 007 (18.4%)

Breast Other cancers

2 088 849 (11.6%) 3 422 417 (35.8%)
Other cancers
7 753 946 (42.9%) Colorectum Colorectum
1 849 518 (10.2%) 880 792 (9.2%)

Prostate Prostate Stomach

1 276 106 (7.1%) 358 989 (3.8%) 782 685 (8.2%)

Cervix uteri Stomach Pancreas Liver

569 847 (3.2%) 1 033 701 (5.7%) 432 242 (4.5%) 781 631 (8.2%)

Oesophagus Liver Oesophagus Breast

572 034 (3.2%) 841 080 (4.7%) 508 585 (5.3%) 626 679 (6.6%)

Total: 18 078 957 cases Total: 9 555 027 deaths

Cancer incidence and mortality statistics worldwide and by region

Incidence Mortality
Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females
Cum. risk Cum. risk Cum. risk Cum. risk Cum. risk Cum. risk
New cases New cases New cases Deaths Deaths Deaths
0-74 (%) 0-74 (%) 0-74 (%) 0-74 (%) 0-74 (%) 0-74 (%)
Eastern Africa  5 891 0.32 3 296 0.40 2 595 0.26 5 733 0.32 3 230 0.40 2 503 0.26
Middle Africa  2 260 0.33 1 285 0.41 975 0.26 2 151 0.32 1 240 0.40 911 0.26
Northern Africa  19 537 1.23 16 008 2.10 3 529 0.40 18 838 1.17 15 655 2.02 3 183 0.36
Southern Africa  8 416 1.89 5 634 3.04 2 782 1.03 7 945 1.80 5 348 2.92 2 597 0.96
Western Africa  3 249 0.19 2 087 0.26 1 162 0.13 3 081 0.19 2 058 0.26 1 023 0.12
Caribbean  11 006 2.29 6 540 2.89 4 466 1.75 9 475 1.90 5 866 2.49 3 609 1.36
Central America  10 262 0.68 5 962 0.86 4 300 0.53 8 987 0.58 5 368 0.74 3 619 0.43
South America  68 504 1.57 39 255 1.99 29 249 1.22 62 922 1.44 36 824 1.86 26 098 1.08
North America  252 746 4.27 133 950 4.76 118 796 3.82 173 278 2.64 91 957 3.02 81 321 2.29
Eastern Asia  950 015 4.10 633 284 5.61 316 731 2.60 815 635 3.36 557 985 4.74 257 650 1.99
South-Eastern Asia  113 182 2.03 78 453 3.07 34 729 1.11 100 731 1.84 70 504 2.82 30 227 0.98
South-Central Asia  111 042 0.77 80 415 1.14 30 627 0.40 103 862 0.72 74 991 1.06 28 871 0.38
Western Asia  50 790 2.77 41 309 4.72 9 481 0.91 48 634 2.69 39 773 4.64 8 861 0.85
Central and Eastern Europe  149 083 3.54 109 928 6.29 39 155 1.52 131 359 3.08 99 266 5.67 32 093 1.20
Western Europe  145 656 4.25 90 239 5.35 55 417 3.22 114 236 3.04 74 003 4.04 40 233 2.11
Southern Europe  100 929 3.55 72 411 5.33 28 518 1.92 86 633 2.80 63 933 4.36 22 700 1.39
Northern Europe  74 371 3.67 39 265 4.03 35 106 3.34 55 685 2.52 30 114 2.88 25 571 2.18
Australia and New Zealand  15 584 3.11 8 345 3.27 7 239 2.96 10 573 2.01 6 026 2.30 4 547 1.73
Melanesia  886 1.57 549 2.16 337 1.05 848 1.51 532 2.09 316 0.99
Polynesia  262 5.01 173 6.84 89 3.24 208 4.03 144 5.57 64 2.54
Micronesia  205 4.49 136 6.22 69 2.78 193 4.18 130 5.98 63 2.40
Low HDI  15 006 0.34 9 024 0.45 5 982 0.25 14 526 0.34 8 854 0.45 5 672 0.25
Medium HDI  218 954 1.10 154 539 1.62 64 415 0.60 201 673 1.01 142 855 1.50 58 818 0.54
High HDI  974 629 3.45 659 344 4.86 315 285 2.11 872 386 3.01 601 774 4.35 270 612 1.74
Very high HDI  884 313 3.73 545 020 4.92 339 293 2.66 671 628 2.60 430 958 3.62 240 670 1.68
World  2 093 876 2.75 1 368 524 3.80 725 352 1.77 1 761 007 2.22 1 184 947 3.19 576 060 1.32

Incidence, both sexes Mortality, both sexes 5-year prevalence, both sexes

Oceania Oceania Oceania

(0.81%) (0.67%) (0.87%)

Africa Africa Africa

(1.9%) (2.1%) (1.8%)

LAC* LAC* LAC*

(4.3%) (4.6%) (4%)

North North North Asia

Asia
America America Asia America (56.6%)
(58.5%)
(12.1%) (9.8%) (60.7%) (13.3%)
Europe Europe Europe
(22.4%) (22%) (23.3%)

Population Number Population Number Population Number

Asia 1 225 029 Asia 1 068 862 Asia 1 206 528
Europe 470 039 Europe 387 913 Europe 497 283
North America 252 746 North America 173 278 North America 283 985
*Latin America and the Caribbean 89 772 *Latin America and the Caribbean 81 384 *Latin America and the Caribbean 85 456
Africa 39 353 Africa 37 748 Africa 38 144
Oceania 16 937 Oceania 11 822 Oceania 18 568
Total 2 093 876 Total 1 761 007 Total 2 129 964

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 Age standardized (World) incidence rates, lung, males, all ages

ASR (World) per 100 000

≥ 41.8
29.4–41.8
17.0–29.4
9.5–17.0
3.9–9.5 Not applicable
< 3.9 No data

Age standardized (World) incidence rates, lung, females, all ages

ASR (World) per 100 000

≥ 18.0
10.0–18.0
6.3–10.0
3.9–6.3
1.9–3.9 Not applicable
< 1.9 No data

Data source: GLOBOCAN 2018

Graph production: IARC (http://gco.iarc.fr/today)
World Health Organization © International Agency for Research on Cancer 2018

Age standardized (World) incidence rates, lung, by sex Age standardized (World) incidence and mortality rates, lung

Males Females Incidence Mortality

Micronesia 54.1 24.0 Polynesia 38.1 30.2

Polynesia 52.0 24.6 Micronesia 37.9 35.5
Central and Eastern Europe 49.3 11.9 North America 34.5 22.3
Eastern Asia 47.2 21.9 Eastern Asia 34.1 28.6
Western Europe 43.3 25.7 Western Europe 33.9 24.6
Southern Europe 43.1 15.7 Northern Europe 30.1 21.3
North America 39.1 30.7 Southern Europe 28.3 22.7
Western Asia 38.8 7.8 Central and Eastern Europe 27.3 23.6
Northern Europe 34.0 26.9 Australia and New Zealand 26.0 17.0
World 31.5 14.6 Western Asia 22.5 21.7
Australia and New Zealand 28.4 24.0 World 22.5 18.6
South-Eastern Asia 26.3 9.6 Caribbean 18.5 15.6
Southern Africa 26.0 8.9 South-Eastern Asia 17.2 15.4
Caribbean 23.5 14.2 Southern Africa 16.0 15.2
Melanesia 17.1 8.9 South America 13.1 11.9
Northern Africa 16.9 3.4 Melanesia 12.7 12.2
South America 16.8 10.2 Northern Africa 9.9 9.6
South-Central Asia 9.4 3.4 South-Central Asia 6.4 6.0
Central America 7.2 4.5 Central America 5.8 5.0
Middle Africa 3.8 2.3 Middle Africa 2.9 2.8
Eastern Africa 3.4 2.2 Eastern Africa 2.8 2.7
Western Africa 2.4 1.2 Western Africa 1.7 1.7

80 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 80 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
ASR (World) per 100 000 ASR (World) per 100 000

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