Table 4 |
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Cancer by types and numbers worldwide (× 103): |
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| Cancer |
2000 [18] Incidence |
% |
2000 deaths |
% |
1990 Incidence |
% |
1990 [19] deaths |
% |
|
|
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| Lung |
1239 |
12.3 |
1103 |
17.8 |
1037 |
12.8 |
921 |
17.8 |
| Breast |
1050 |
10.4 |
373 |
6.0 |
796 |
9.8 |
314 |
6.1 |
| Colorectal |
945 |
9.4 |
492 |
8.0 |
783 |
9.7 |
437 |
8.4 |
| Stomach |
876 |
8.7 |
646 |
10.0 |
798 |
9.9 |
628 |
12.1 |
| Liver |
564 |
5.6 |
546 |
8.8 |
437 |
5.4 |
427 |
8.2 |
| Prostate |
543 |
5.4 |
204 |
3.3 |
396 |
4.9 |
165 |
3.2 |
| Cervical |
471 |
4.7 |
233 |
3.7 |
371 |
4.6 |
190 |
3.7 |
| Oesophagus |
413 |
4.1 |
337 |
5.4 |
316 |
3.9 |
286 |
5.5 |
| Head&neck |
390 |
3.9 |
207 |
3.3 |
306 |
3.8 |
162 |
3.1 |
| Bladder |
336 |
3.3 |
132 |
2.1 |
261 |
3.2 |
115 |
2.2 |
| Other |
3228 |
32.2 |
1934 |
31.0 |
2582 |
32.0 |
1537 |
30.0 |
| Total |
10055 |
100% |
6209 |
53% |
8083 |
100.0 |
5182 |
100.0 |
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Boutayeb and Boutayeb International Journal for Equity in Health 2005 4:2 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-4-2 |
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