CANCER US & INDIA
The following table compares the cancer incidence rates of India and the U.S. for 2008. The numbers given are per 100,000 of population.
Source: World Health Organization, GLOBOCAN, 2008 data
|
Male |
Female |
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|
India |
USA |
India |
USA |
|
|
Lung |
10.9 |
49.5 |
2.5 |
36.2 |
|
Colorectal |
4.3 |
34.1 |
3.5 |
25.0 |
|
Prostate |
3.7 |
83.8 |
— |
— |
|
Breast |
— |
— |
22.9 |
76.0 |
|
Melanoma of skin |
0.1 |
16.3 |
0.1 |
12.8 |
|
Kidney |
1.1 |
16.1 |
0.7 |
8.7 |
|
Bladder |
2.8 |
21.1 |
0.6 |
5.8 |
|
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
3.0 |
16.3 |
1.8 |
11.5 |
|
Leukemia |
3.5 |
12.1 |
2.6 |
7.9 |
|
Testis |
0.6 |
5.1 |
— |
— |
|
Liver |
3.2 |
7.0 |
1.2 |
2.2 |
|
Pancreas |
1.1 |
8.0 |
0.8 |
6.1 |
|
Gallbladder |
1.3 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
1.6 |
|
Corpus uteri |
— |
— |
1.9 |
16.5 |
|
Cervix uteri |
— |
— |
27.0 |
5.5 |
|
Ovary |
— |
— |
5.7 |
8.8 |
|
Brain, nervous system |
2.5 |
6.3 |
1.7 |
4.9 |
|
Thyroid |
0.7 |
4.6 |
1.8 |
15.1 |
|
Hodgkin lymphoma |
0.9 |
2.6 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
|
Multiple myeloma |
0.9 |
4.8 |
0.7 |
3.0 |
|
Stomach |
4.7 |
5.7 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
|
Larynx |
4.6 |
4.4 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
|
Lip, oral cavity |
9.8 |
7.3 |
5.2 |
2.8 |
|
Pharynx |
8.8 |
4.6 |
2.0 |
1.1 |
|
Esophagus |
6.5 |
5.8 |
4.2 |
1.2 |
|
All cancers (*) |
92.9 |
335.0 |
105.5 |
274.4 |
(*) Excluding non-melanoma skin cancer