Cabo Verde

Source: Globocan 2020

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

Stomach
82 (9.9%)

Thyroid
72 (8.7%)

Prostate
70 (8.5%)

Other cancers Breast

499 (60.5%) 52 (6.3%)

Liver
50 (6.1%)

Total: 825

Number of new cases in 2020, males, all ages Numbers at a glance

Prostate Total population

70 (17.3%)

555 988
Other cancers Stomach
187 (46.2%) 52 (12.8%) Number of new cases

Oesophagus
41 (10.1%) 825
Number of deaths
Liver Lung

488
27 (6.7%) 28 (6.9%)

Total: 405

Number of new cases in 2020, females, all ages

Number of prevalent cases (5-year)

1 607
Thyroid
67 (16%)

Breast
52 (12.4%) Data source and methods
Other cancers
200 (47.6%) Cervix uteri
46 (11%) Incidence
Stomach Country-specific data source: Local
30 (7.1%) Method: Estimated from national mortality estimates by
modelling, using mortality:incidence ratios derived from
cancer registry data in neighbouring countries
Colorectum
25 (6%)
Mortality
Total: 420 Country-specific data source: National (WHO)
Method: Most recent rates from one source applied to 2020
Summary statistic 2020
population

Males Females Both sexes Prevalence

Population 279 117 276 871 555 988 Computed using sex-; site- and age-specific incidence to
Number of new cancer cases 405 420 825 1-;3- and 5-year prevalence ratios from Nordic countries for
the period (2006-2015), and scaled using Human
Age-standardized incidence rate (World) 221.7 157.9 179.0
Development Index (HDI) ratios.
Risk of developing cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 22.7 16.2 18.6
Number of cancer deaths 262 226 488
Age-standardized mortality rate (World) 146.1 84.0 107.6
Risk of dying from cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 14.6 9.2 11.4
5-year prevalent cases 705 902 1 607
Top 5 most frequent cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer Prostate Thyroid Stomach
(ranked by cases) Stomach Breast Thyroid
Oesophagus Cervix uteri Prostate
Lung Stomach Breast
Liver Colorectum Liver

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Source: Globocan

Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence by cancer site

New cases Deaths 5-year prevalence (all ages)

Cancer Number Rank (%) Cum.risk Number Rank (%) Cum.risk Number Prop. (per 100 000)
Stomach 82 1 9.9 2.05 66 1 13.5 1.58 103 18.53
Thyroid 72 2 8.7 1.82 6 17 1.2 0.14 213 38.31
Prostate 70 3 8.5 4.73 40 5 8.2 2.19 143 51.23
Breast 52 4 6.3 1.64 24 8 4.9 0.73 133 48.04
Liver 50 5 6.1 1.48 45 2 9.2 1.41 53 9.53
Lung 47 6 5.7 1.15 44 3 9.0 1.11 45 8.09
Oesophagus 46 7 5.6 1.49 43 4 8.8 1.45 51 9.17
Cervix uteri 46 8 5.6 1.83 27 7 5.5 1.23 103 37.20
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 40 9 4.8 1.03 16 9 3.3 0.45 100 17.99
Pancreas 32 10 3.9 0.76 29 6 5.9 0.69 32 5.76
Lip, oral cavity 31 11 3.8 0.51 12 11 2.5 0.16 66 11.87
Kidney 23 12 2.8 0.73 9 14 1.8 0.29 49 8.81
Rectum 20 13 2.4 0.44 7 15 1.4 0.12 45 8.09
Colon 20 14 2.4 0.40 10 13 2.0 0.13 40 7.19
Larynx 19 15 2.3 0.59 7 16 1.4 0.21 46 8.27
Brain, central nervous system 18 16 2.2 0.28 15 10 3.1 0.31 44 7.91
Leukaemia 16 17 1.9 0.40 11 12 2.3 0.34 40 7.19
Oropharynx 12 18 1.5 0.20 5 19 1.0 0.06 25 4.50
Salivary glands 9 19 1.1 0.23 3 23 0.61 0.09 27 4.86
Bladder 9 20 1.1 0.29 4 20 0.82 0.11 20 3.60
Ovary 8 21 0.97 0.31 5 18 1.0 0.18 18 6.50
Multiple myeloma 7 22 0.85 0.18 4 21 0.82 0.11 15 2.70
Corpus uteri 6 23 0.73 0.35 3 22 0.61 0.15 17 6.14
Melanoma of skin 6 24 0.73 0.28 2 24 0.41 0.08 16 2.88
Testis 3 25 0.36 0.24 1 29 0.20 0.11 8 2.87
Hypopharynx 3 26 0.36 0.06 1 25 0.20 0.02 4 0.72
Penis 3 27 0.36 0.37 0 32 0 0 8 2.87
Nasopharynx 3 28 0.36 0.04 1 26 0.20 0.01 6 1.08
Kaposi sarcoma 2 29 0.24 0.06 0 35 0 0 4 0.72
Gallbladder 2 30 0.24 0.15 1 27 0.20 0.05 2 0.36
Anus 1 31 0.12 0.02 0 34 0 0 2 0.36
Vulva 1 32 0.12 0 1 28 0.20 0 2 0.72
Mesothelioma 0 33 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Vagina 0 34 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0
Hodgkin lymphoma 0 35 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0
All cancer sites 825 - - 18.57 488 - - 11.43 1 607 289.0

Age-standardized (World) incidence rates per sex, top 10 cancers

Males Females

Prostate 45.5

Stomach 29.6 10.6

Thyroid 3.7 26.3

Lung 17.6 6.9

Oesophagus 21.6 2.7

Liver 12.0 9.7

Colorectum 12.6 7.7

Breast 18.0

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 7.1 10.2

Cervix uteri 17.0

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

Age-standardized (World) incidence and mortality rates, top 10 cancers

Incidence Mortality

Prostate 45.5 25.2

Stomach 18.4 14.8

Breast 18.0 8.5

Cervix uteri 17.0 10.5

Thyroid 15.3 1.3

Liver 11.3 10.5

Oesophagus 10.9 10.5

Lung 10.7 10.1

Colorectum 8.8 3.5

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 8.7 3.5

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

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