Mongolia

Source: Globocan 2020

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

Other cancers
1 401 (24.5%)

Liver
2 236 (39.1%)

Cervix uteri
334 (5.8%)

Oesophagus
398 (7%)

Lung
Stomach
485 (8.5%)
860 (15.1%)

Total: 5 714

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

Other cancers
Total population
495 (16.4%)

3 278 292
Colorectum
73 (2.4%)

Liver
Oesophagus
1 279 (42.4%)
206 (6.8%)
Number of new cases

Lung
401 (13.3%) 5 714
Number of deaths
Stomach

4 469
564 (18.7%)

Total: 3 018

Number of new cases in 2020, females, all ages

Number of prevalent cases (5-year)

Other cancers
729 (27%)
Liver
9 012
957 (35.5%)
Data source and methods
Breast
188 (7%) Incidence
Oesophagus Country-specific data source: National
192 (7.1%) Method: Most recent rates from a single registry applied to
2020 population
Cervix uteri
Stomach Mortality
334 (12.4%)
296 (11%)
Country-specific data source: National
Total: 2 696 Method: Most recent rates from one source applied to 2020
population
Summary statistic 2020
Prevalence
Males Females Both sexes Computed using sex-; site- and age-specific incidence to
Population 1 615 039 1 663 253 3 278 292 1-;3- and 5-year prevalence ratios from Nordic countries for
Number of new cancer cases 3 018 2 696 5 714 the period (2006-2015), and scaled using Human
Development Index (HDI) ratios.
Age-standardized incidence rate (World) 257.6 183.6 215.6
Risk of developing cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 26.3 19.5 22.6
Number of cancer deaths 2 526 1 943 4 469
Age-standardized mortality rate (World) 224.4 138.8 176.2
Risk of dying from cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 22.8 15.1 18.6
5-year prevalent cases 4 142 4 870 9 012
Top 5 most frequent cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer Liver Liver Liver
(ranked by cases) Stomach Cervix uteri Stomach
Lung Stomach Lung
Oesophagus Oesophagus Oesophagus
Colorectum Breast Cervix uteri

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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)
Liver 2 236 1 39.1 9.93 2 060 1 46.1 9.12 2 336 71.26
Stomach 860 2 15.1 3.83 633 2 14.2 2.91 1 224 37.34
Lung 485 3 8.5 2.37 420 3 9.4 2.06 510 15.56
Oesophagus 398 4 7.0 1.97 373 4 8.3 1.81 414 12.63
Cervix uteri 334 5 5.8 2.10 182 5 4.1 1.22 877 52.73
Breast 188 6 3.3 1.17 62 8 1.4 0.42 589 35.41
Kidney 118 7 2.1 0.49 42 11 0.94 0.19 296 9.03
Pancreas 117 8 2.0 0.58 112 6 2.5 0.57 115 3.51
Colon 113 9 2.0 0.51 72 7 1.6 0.29 265 8.08
Ovary 81 10 1.4 0.51 49 10 1.1 0.39 213 12.81
Brain, central nervous system 67 11 1.2 0.23 59 9 1.3 0.24 182 5.55
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 61 12 1.1 0.23 36 12 0.81 0.15 173 5.28
Thyroid 45 13 0.79 0.17 11 20 0.25 0.06 144 4.39
Leukaemia 45 14 0.79 0.10 36 13 0.81 0.09 143 4.36
Rectum 43 15 0.75 0.23 26 14 0.58 0.13 115 3.51
Prostate 36 16 0.63 0.37 17 18 0.38 0.16 116 7.18
Lip, oral cavity 35 17 0.61 0.17 21 16 0.47 0.12 90 2.75
Larynx 33 18 0.58 0.17 22 15 0.49 0.12 91 2.78
Bladder 32 19 0.56 0.13 19 17 0.43 0.10 85 2.59
Corpus uteri 28 20 0.49 0.21 7 23 0.16 0.06 78 4.69
Salivary glands 18 21 0.32 0.08 13 19 0.29 0.06 55 1.68
Nasopharynx 17 22 0.30 0.08 9 22 0.20 0.05 53 1.62
Oropharynx 14 23 0.25 0.06 10 21 0.22 0.04 34 1.04
Testis 12 24 0.21 0.05 7 24 0.16 0.03 50 3.10
Hypopharynx 9 25 0.16 0.05 2 32 0.04 0.02 16 0.49
Hodgkin lymphoma 9 26 0.16 0.04 4 30 0.09 0.03 31 0.95
Vagina 8 27 0.14 0.09 5 25 0.11 0.08 20 1.20
Melanoma of skin 8 28 0.14 0.05 5 26 0.11 0.02 24 0.73
Vulva 7 29 0.12 0.04 4 29 0.09 0.02 18 1.08
Gallbladder 6 30 0.11 0.02 4 28 0.09 0.01 6 0.18
Multiple myeloma 5 31 0.09 0.02 4 31 0.09 0.02 8 0.24
Mesothelioma 5 32 0.09 0.02 4 27 0.09 0.03 9 0.27
Anus 4 33 0.07 0.02 2 33 0.04 0.02 11 0.34
Penis 3 34 0.05 0.03 1 34 0.02 0.01 9 0.56
Kaposi sarcoma 0 35 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0
All cancer sites 5 714 - - 22.55 4 469 - - 18.62 9 012 274.9

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

Males Females

Liver 106.0 68.4

Stomach 47.2 20.7

Lung 37.0 6.3

Oesophagus 20.7 14.5

Cervix uteri 19.7

Colorectum 6.6 6.1

Breast 11.1

Pancreas 5.0 4.0

Kidney 3.6 4.7

Ovary 4.9

120 100 80 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120

ASR (World) per 100 000

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

Incidence Mortality

Liver 85.6 80.6

Stomach 32.5 24.6

Cervix uteri 19.7 11.6

Lung 19.5 17.3

Oesophagus 17.1 16.2

Breast 11.1 3.9

Colorectum 6.3 4.0

Ovary 4.9 3.2

Pancreas 4.5 4.5

Kidney 4.2 1.6

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

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