Leukaemia

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 Lung 1 796 144

Lung 2 206 771 Colorectum 935 173
Colorectum 1 931 590 Liver 830 180
Prostate 1 414 259 Stomach 768 793
Stomach 1 089 103 Breast 684 996
Liver 905 677 Oesophagus 544 076
Cervix uteri 604 127 Pancreas 466 003
Oesophagus 604 100 Prostate 375 304
Thyroid 586 202 Cervix uteri 341 831
Bladder 573 278 Leukaemia 311 594
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 544 352 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 259 793
Pancreas 495 773 Brain, central nervous system 251 329
Leukaemia 474 519 Bladder 212 536
Kidney 431 288 Ovary 207 252
Corpus uteri 417 367 Kidney 179 368
Lip, oral cavity 377 713 Lip, oral cavity 177 757
Melanoma of skin 324 635 Multiple myeloma 117 077
Ovary 313 959 Larynx 99 840
Brain, central nervous system 308 102 Corpus uteri 97 370
Larynx 184 615 Gallbladder 84 695
Multiple myeloma 176 404 Nasopharynx 80 008
Nasopharynx 133 354 Melanoma of skin 57 043
Gallbladder 115 949 Oropharynx 48 143
Oropharynx 98 412 Thyroid 43 646
Hypopharynx 84 254 Hypopharynx 38 599
Hodgkin lymphoma 83 087 Mesothelioma 26 278
Testis 74 458 Hodgkin lymphoma 23 376
Salivary glands 53 583 Salivary glands 22 778
Vulva 45 240 Vulva 17 427
Penis 36 068 Kaposi sarcoma 15 086
Kaposi sarcoma 34 270 Penis 13 211
Mesothelioma 30 870 Testis 9 334
Vagina 17 908 Vagina 7 995

0 500 000 1 000 000 1 500 000 2 000 000 0 500 000 1 000 000 1 500 000

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 10 747 0.31 5 991 0.37 4 756 0.27 7 944 0.27 4 388 0.32 3 556 0.24
Middle Africa 2 603 0.22 1 431 0.26 1 172 0.18 2 038 0.20 1 126 0.24 912 0.16
Northern Africa 10 794 0.46 5 961 0.52 4 833 0.40 7 860 0.37 4 378 0.42 3 482 0.32
Southern Africa 2 027 0.32 1 117 0.42 910 0.25 1 540 0.26 860 0.35 680 0.19
Western Africa 5 967 0.22 3 341 0.26 2 626 0.19 4 509 0.20 2 510 0.23 1 999 0.16
Caribbean 2 610 0.45 1 450 0.52 1 160 0.38 1 959 0.32 1 103 0.39 856 0.27
Central America 9 946 0.46 5 316 0.50 4 630 0.41 6 988 0.33 3 743 0.37 3 245 0.30
South America 25 700 0.46 14 192 0.55 11 508 0.39 18 684 0.33 10 289 0.39 8 395 0.27
Northern America 67 784 1.08 39 630 1.33 28 154 0.85 26 871 0.31 15 699 0.40 11 172 0.23
Eastern Asia 106 134 0.46 60 362 0.52 45 772 0.39 75 932 0.31 44 065 0.37 31 867 0.26
South-Eastern Asia 37 025 0.48 20 856 0.57 16 169 0.40 28 088 0.38 16 004 0.46 12 084 0.31
South-Central Asia 70 673 0.32 41 282 0.37 29 391 0.27 52 276 0.25 30 990 0.29 21 286 0.20
Western Asia 16 818 0.62 9 400 0.71 7 418 0.53 11 823 0.46 6 683 0.55 5 140 0.38
Central and Eastern Europe 29 173 0.65 15 233 0.81 13 940 0.53 18 691 0.37 9 722 0.49 8 969 0.29
Western Europe 32 865 0.82 18 844 1.02 14 021 0.64 20 683 0.34 11 714 0.44 8 969 0.25
Southern Europe 21 559 0.69 12 108 0.84 9 451 0.56 14 441 0.34 8 089 0.43 6 352 0.26
Northern Europe 16 423 0.83 9 619 1.02 6 804 0.65 8 447 0.29 4 821 0.37 3 626 0.23
Australia and New Zealand 5 191 1.02 3 109 1.27 2 082 0.79 2 464 0.34 1 438 0.42 1 026 0.26
Melanesia 432 0.40 235 0.46 197 0.35 320 0.34 175 0.41 145 0.28
Polynesia 29 0.44 17 0.44 12 0.43 22 0.35 14 0.36 8 0.34
Micronesia 19 0.26 9 0.34 10 0.20 14 0.21 7 0.34 7 0.10
Low HDI 20 690 0.29 11 517 0.33 9 173 0.24 15 670 0.25 8 702 0.30 6 968 0.21
Medium HDI 80 695 0.32 46 040 0.36 34 655 0.27 60 031 0.25 34 658 0.29 25 373 0.21
High HDI 167 149 0.46 94 636 0.53 72 513 0.39 121 631 0.34 69 654 0.40 51 977 0.28
Very high HDI 205 780 0.78 117 195 0.95 88 585 0.62 114 133 0.33 64 729 0.42 49 404 0.25
World 474 519 0.50 269 503 0.59 205 016 0.41 311 594 0.32 177 818 0.38 133 776 0.26

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

Africa Africa Africa

(6.8%) (7.7%) (5.5%)

LAC** N.America* LAC**

(8.1%) (8.6%) (8.1%)
Asia Asia
N.America* (48.6%) LAC** Asia N.America* (47.8%)
(14.3%) (8.9%) (54%) (15.5%)

Europe
Europe (20%) Europe
(21.1%) (21.8%)
Population Number Population Number Population Number
Asia 230 650 Asia 168 119 Asia 641 184
Europe 100 020 Europe 62 262 Europe 292 006
*Northern America 67 784 **Latin America and the Caribbean 27 631 *Northern America 207 619
**Latin America and the Caribbean 38 256 *Northern America 26 871 **Latin America and the Caribbean 108 857
Africa 32 138 Africa 23 891 Africa 73 592
Oceania 5 671 Oceania 2 820 Oceania 17 248
Total 474 519 Total 311 594 Total 1 340 506

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

≥ 9.0
7.3–9.0
5.9–7.3
4.5–5.9 Not applicable
2.4–4.5 No data
< 2.4

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

≥ 6.3
5.4–6.3
4.4–5.4
3.2–4.4 Not applicable
2.1–3.2 No data
< 2.1

Data source: GLOBOCAN 2020

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

Males Females Incidence Mortality

Northern America 13.3 8.8 Northern America 10.9 3.2

Australia and New Zealand 12.7 8.2 Australia and New Zealand 10.4 3.5
Western Europe 10.3 6.9 Western Europe 8.5 3.5
Northern Europe 10.2 6.9 Northern Europe 8.5 3.0
Southern Europe 8.9 6.2 Southern Europe 7.4 3.4
Central and Eastern Europe 8.1 5.6 Central and Eastern Europe 6.6 3.5
Western Asia 7.5 5.7 Western Asia 6.5 4.6
South-Eastern Asia 6.4 4.7 Central America 5.6 3.8
South America 6.3 4.6 South-Eastern Asia 5.5 4.0
World 6.3 4.5 South America 5.4 3.6
Central America 6.2 5.0 World 5.4 3.3
Eastern Asia 6.0 4.6 Eastern Asia 5.2 3.2
Caribbean 5.8 4.2 Caribbean 4.9 3.4
Northern Africa 5.4 4.2 Northern Africa 4.7 3.6
Melanesia 4.9 4.0 Melanesia 4.4 3.6
Polynesia 4.9 3.5 Polynesia 4.2 3.2
Southern Africa 4.3 2.8 South-Central Asia 3.7 2.7
South-Central Asia 4.2 3.1 Southern Africa 3.4 2.6
Eastern Africa 3.8 2.9 Micronesia 3.4 2.4
Micronesia 3.6 3.4 Eastern Africa 3.3 2.7
Western Africa 2.7 1.9 Western Africa 2.3 1.9
Middle Africa 2.4 1.9 Middle Africa 2.2 1.8

20 15 10 5.0 0 5.0 10 15 20 15 10 5.0 0 5.0 10 15

ASR (World) per 100 000 ASR (World) per 100 000

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