All cancers

Source: Globocan 2020

Number of new cases in 2020, both sexes, all ages Number of deaths in 2020, both sexes, all ages

Breast
2 261 419 (11.7%) Lung
1 796 144 (18%)

Lung Other cancers

2 206 771 (11.4%) 3 557 464 (35.7%)
Other cancers
8 275 743 (42.9%) Colorectum Colorectum
1 931 590 (10%) 935 173 (9.4%)

Prostate Prostate Liver

1 414 259 (7.3%) 375 304 (3.8%) 830 180 (8.3%)

Oesophagus Stomach Pancreas Stomach

604 100 (3.1%) 1 089 103 (5.6%) 466 003 (4.7%) 768 793 (7.7%)

Cervix uteri Liver Oesophagus Breast

604 127 (3.1%) 905 677 (4.7%) 544 076 (5.5%) 684 996 (6.9%)

Total: 19 292 789 cases Total: 9 958 133 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 331 233 13.56 126 826 11.90 204 407 15.12 222 189 9.91 88 039 8.71 134 150 11.02
Middle Africa 106 467 11.68 45 718 11.71 60 749 11.83 71 570 8.35 31 814 8.25 39 756 8.54
Northern Africa 307 507 14.61 148 423 15.14 159 084 14.16 191 081 9.21 103 915 10.43 87 166 8.05
Southern Africa 116 391 20.00 54 358 22.74 62 033 18.22 61 659 11.50 29 578 13.38 32 081 10.22
Western Africa 247 611 11.69 100 428 10.67 147 183 12.71 164 930 8.44 70 537 7.89 94 393 8.99
Caribbean 113 280 19.72 59 679 22.35 53 601 17.42 65 954 10.44 36 290 11.83 29 664 9.23
Central America 261 646 14.30 120 657 14.71 140 989 14.01 126 071 6.91 61 544 7.15 64 527 6.72
South America 1 095 348 20.24 539 931 22.09 555 417 18.79 521 389 9.45 267 301 10.59 254 088 8.51
Northern America 2 556 862 33.93 1 372 002 37.05 1 184 860 31.09 699 274 9.22 367 856 10.31 331 418 8.23
Eastern Asia 6 008 355 21.91 3 295 730 24.58 2 712 625 19.37 3 617 104 13.10 2 174 803 16.35 1 442 301 9.87
South-Eastern Asia 1 100 037 15.62 526 190 16.46 573 847 15.03 689 093 10.08 373 795 11.82 315 298 8.55
South-Central Asia 1 951 843 10.93 966 677 11.13 985 166 10.78 1 258 683 7.41 660 359 7.88 598 324 6.95
Western Asia 443 475 18.31 232 598 20.77 210 877 16.38 244 551 10.60 141 031 13.09 103 520 8.38
Central and Eastern Europe 1 314 193 25.50 657 259 30.47 656 934 22.18 695 828 13.36 382 003 18.24 313 825 9.79
Western Europe 1 424 394 31.24 780 757 34.90 643 637 27.85 559 671 10.85 310 542 13.00 249 129 8.83
Southern Europe 953 048 27.40 523 184 31.31 429 864 23.85 423 090 10.52 243 964 13.18 179 126 8.07
Northern Europe 706 808 30.45 378 417 32.91 328 391 28.19 276 642 10.25 147 516 11.39 129 126 9.20
Australia and New Zealand 235 955 40.43 128 091 44.37 107 864 36.45 58 744 8.55 32 746 9.76 25 998 7.38
Melanesia 15 658 19.95 6 984 20.62 8 674 19.59 9 022 12.58 4 283 13.21 4 739 12.12
Polynesia 1 668 24.02 871 26.40 797 21.71 927 13.93 521 16.09 406 11.81
Micronesia 1 010 18.85 525 21.05 485 16.89 661 12.66 373 15.37 288 10.10
Low HDI 650 423 12.07 262 772 11.04 387 651 13.10 439 852 8.80 186 210 8.14 253 642 9.46
Medium HDI 2 326 749 11.52 1 135 648 11.75 1 191 101 11.35 1 513 219 7.87 788 456 8.45 724 763 7.32
High HDI 7 371 321 19.53 3 837 153 21.49 3 534 168 17.79 4 521 833 12.23 2 625 384 14.90 1 896 449 9.69
Very high HDI 8 934 818 28.93 4 824 700 32.64 4 110 118 25.75 3 478 767 10.40 1 926 292 12.67 1 552 475 8.37
World 19 292 789 20.44 10 065 305 22.60 9 227 484 18.55 9 958 133 10.65 5 528 810 12.59 4 429 323 8.86

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

Africa N.America* Africa

(5.7%) (7%) (4.3%)

LAC** Africa LAC**

Asia
(7.6%) (7.1%) (7.6%)
(40.8%)
Asia
N.America* (49.3%) LAC** N.America*
(13.3%) (7.2%) Asia (18.7%)
(58.3%)
Europe
Europe (19.6%) Europe
(22.8%)
(26.7%)
Population Number Population Number Population Number
Asia 9 503 710 Asia 5 809 431 Asia 20 606 063
Europe 4 398 443 Europe 1 955 231 Europe 13 496 763
*Northern America 2 556 862 **Latin America and the Caribbean 713 414 *Northern America 9 456 199
**Latin America and the Caribbean 1 470 274 Africa 711 429 **Latin America and the Caribbean 3 837 718
Africa 1 109 209 *Northern America 699 274 Africa 2 166 740
Oceania 254 291 Oceania 69 354 Oceania 986 804
Total 19 292 789 Total 9 958 133 Total 50 550 287

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

≥ 315.6
233.8–315.6
166.5–233.8
129.7–166.5 Not applicable
103.5–129.7 No data
< 103.5

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

≥ 241.3
191.7–241.3
159.0–191.7
137.9–159.0 Not applicable
120.7–137.9 No data
< 120.7

Data source: GLOBOCAN 2020

Graph production: IARC (https://gco.iarc.fr/today)
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Age standardized (World) incidence rates, all cancers, by sex Age standardized (World) incidence and mortality rates, all cancers

Males Females Incidence Mortality

Australia and New Zealand 494.2 405.2 Australia and New Zealand 447.6 85.8
Northern America 397.9 332.5 Northern America 360.7 87.1
Western Europe 365.3 294.3 Western Europe 325.0 103.3
Northern Europe 343.6 296.5 Northern Europe 316.5 99.8
Southern Europe 317.7 249.8 Southern Europe 279.2 98.9
Central and Eastern Europe 293.8 220.9 Central and Eastern Europe 246.1 118.9
Polynesia 248.3 215.8 Polynesia 230.0 127.0
Eastern Asia 243.5 196.7 Eastern Asia 217.2 123.2
Southern Africa 232.7 188.9 Southern Africa 202.4 109.0
World 222.0 186.0 South America 201.4 91.5
South America 217.1 192.1 World 201.0 100.7
Caribbean 213.8 174.4 Melanesia 195.9 120.7
Micronesia 202.6 165.8 Caribbean 191.7 102.7
Western Asia 198.3 162.3 Micronesia 180.6 118.1
Melanesia 192.6 202.5 Western Asia 175.8 98.6
South-Eastern Asia 159.2 149.3 South-Eastern Asia 152.1 95.4
Northern Africa 145.7 140.1 Northern Africa 141.9 89.9
Central America 140.9 141.1 Central America 140.2 66.0
Eastern Africa 112.9 148.0 Eastern Africa 130.2 92.1
Middle Africa 109.6 115.8 Western Africa 111.5 78.8
South-Central Asia 103.2 102.5 Middle Africa 111.1 78.4
Western Africa 100.6 123.2 South-Central Asia 102.5 67.0

600 400 200 0 200 400 600 600 400 200 0 200 400 600
ASR (World) per 100 000 ASR (World) per 100 000

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