GLOBOCAN 2022

WORLD
Number of new cases Number of deaths Number of prevalent cases
(5-year)

19 976 499 9 743 832 53 504 187

Statistics at a glance, 2022
Males Females Both sexes
Population(s) included: Northern Africa, Middle Africa, Western Africa, Southern Africa, Eastern Africa,

Population 3 972 735 747 3 912 335 034 7 885 070 781 South Central Asia, Western Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Eastern Asia, Southern Europe, Western Europe,

Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Northern America, South America, Caribbean, Central America, Australia,

Incidence* New Zealand, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia

Number of new cancer cases 10 311 610 9 664 889 19 976 499

Age-standardized incidence rate 212.6 186.3 196.9

Risk of developing cancer before the 21.8 18.5 20.0

age of 75 years (cum. risk %)

Top 3 leading cancers (ranked by Lung Breast Lung

cases)**
Prostate Lung Breast
Colorectum Colorectum Colorectum

Mortality*

Number of cancer deaths 5 430 284 4 313 548 9 743 832

Age-standardized mortality rate 109.8 76.9 91.7

Risk of dying from cancer before the 11.4 8.0 9.6

age of 75 years (cum. risk %)

Top 3 leading cancers (ranked by Lung Breast Lung

deaths)**
Liver Lung Colorectum
Colorectum Colorectum Liver

Prevalence* Kilometers

0 250 500 1000

5-year prevalent cases 25 747 272 27 756 915 53 504 187

Top 5 most frequent cancers**

Males Females Both sexes

Lung
Lung

Breast

Breast

Prostate Others
Others

Others
Lung Colorectum

Colorectum
Colorectum Prostate

Stomach Stomach
Thyroid Cervix uteri
Liver

Total: 10 311 610 Total: 9 664 889 Total: 19 976 499

Rank Cancer site Number of cases Percent Rank Cancer site Number of cases Percent Rank Cancer site Number of cases Percent

1st Lung 1 572 045 15.2% 1st Breast 2 296 840 23.8% 1st Lung 2 480 675 12.4%

2nd Prostate 1 467 854 14.2% 2nd Lung 908 630 9.4% 2nd Breast 2 296 840 11.5%

3rd Colorectum 1 069 446 10.4% 3rd Colorectum 856 979 8.9% 3rd Colorectum 1 926 425 9.6%

4th Stomach 627 458 6.1% 4th Cervix uteri 662 301 6.9% 4th Prostate 1 467 854 7.3%

5th Liver 600 676 5.8% 5th Thyroid 614 729 6.4% 5th Stomach 968 784 4.8%

- Others 4 974 131 48.2% - Others 4 325 410 44.8% - Others 10 835 921 54.2%

Number of new cases in 2022, males, all ages Number of new cases in 2022, females, all ages Number of new cases in 2022, both sexes, all ages

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 Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence by cancer site

New cases Deaths 5-year prevalence

Cancer Number Rank (%) Cum.risk Number Rank (%) Cum.risk Number Prop. (per 100 000)

Lung 2 480 675 1 12.4 2.9 1 817 469 1 18.7 2.0 3 221 461 6.0

Breast 2 296 840 2 11.5 5.1 666 103 4 6.8 1.4 8 178 393 15.3

Colorectum 1 926 425 3 9.6 2.1 904 019 2 9.3 0.84 5 767 781 10.8

Prostate 1 467 854 4 7.3 3.7 397 430 8 4.1 0.61 5 033 178 9.4

Stomach 968 784 5 4.9 1.1 660 175 5 6.8 0.69 1 626 443 3.0

Liver 866 136 6 4.3 1.0 758 725 3 7.8 0.85 1 163 723 2.2

Thyroid 821 214 7 4.1 0.91 47 507 24 0.49 0.05 2 911 382 5.4

Cervix uteri 662 301 8 3.3 1.5 348 874 9 3.6 0.79 1 948 521 3.6

Bladder 614 298 9 3.1 0.64 220 596 13 2.3 0.17 1 950 315 3.6

NHL 553 389 10 2.8 0.60 250 679 11 2.6 0.24 1 738 516 3.2

Oesophagus 511 054 11 2.6 0.61 445 391 7 4.6 0.50 717 169 1.3

Pancreas 510 992 12 2.6 0.53 467 409 6 4.8 0.47 461 479 0.86

Leukaemia 487 294 13 2.4 0.50 305 405 10 3.1 0.29 1 454 585 2.7

Kidney 434 840 14 2.2 0.51 155 953 16 1.6 0.16 1 369 974 2.6

Corpus uteri 420 368 15 2.1 1.0 97 723 19 1.0 0.20 1 594 042 3.0

Lip, oral cavity 389 846 16 2.0 0.46 188 438 15 1.9 0.22 1 094 448 2.0

Melanoma 331 722 17 1.7 0.35 58 667 22 0.60 0.05 1 262 756 2.4

Ovary 324 603 18 1.6 0.73 206 956 14 2.1 0.46 929 996 1.7

Brain CNS 321 731 19 1.6 0.35 248 500 12 2.6 0.28 1 199 313 2.2

Larynx 189 191 20 0.95 0.24 103 359 18 1.1 0.12 583 868 1.1

Multiple myeloma 187 952 21 0.94 0.22 121 388 17 1.2 0.13 538 948 1.0

Gallbladder 122 491 22 0.61 0.13 89 055 20 0.91 0.09 167 953 0.31

Nasopharynx 120 434 23 0.60 0.14 73 482 21 0.75 0.09 359 560 0.67

Oropharynx 106 400 24 0.53 0.13 52 305 23 0.54 0.06 306 242 0.57

Hypopharynx 86 257 25 0.43 0.11 40 902 25 0.42 0.05 159 986 0.30

Hodgkin lymphoma 82 469 26 0.41 0.08 22 733 28 0.23 0.02 292 256 0.55

Testis 72 040 27 0.36 0.13 9 068 32 0.09 0.02 297 454 0.56

Salivary glands 55 083 28 0.28 0.06 23 942 27 0.25 0.03 170 570 0.32

Vulva 47 336 29 0.24 0.09 18 579 29 0.19 0.03 142 049 0.27

Penis 37 700 30 0.19 0.09 13 738 31 0.14 0.03 110 717 0.21

Kaposi sarcoma 35 813 31 0.18 0.04 16 169 30 0.17 0.02 82 122 0.15

Mesothelioma 30 633 32 0.15 0.03 25 371 26 0.26 0.02 36 663 0.07

All cancers 19 976 499 - - 20.0 9 743 832 - - 9.6 53 504 187 -

All cancers excl. NMSC 18 741 966 - - 19.2 9 674 416 - - 9.6 49 322 012 -

Data source and methods

Incidence Incidence Mortality Males Females

Sum of region-specific cases. Breast 46.8 12.7 Breast 46.8

Prostate 29.4 7.3 Lung 32.1 16.2

Mortality Lung 23.6 16.8 Prostate 29.4

Colorectum 18.4 8.1 Colorectum 21.9 15.2

Sum of region-specific deaths

Cervix uteri 14.1 7.1 Cervix uteri 14.1

Prevalence Stomach 9.2 6.1 Stomach 12.8 6.0

Thyroid 9.1 0.4 Liver 12.7 4.8

Sum of region-specific prevalent cases.

Liver 8.6 7.4 Bladder 9.3 2.4

Corpus uteri 8.4 1.7 Corpus uteri 8.4

Ovary 6.7 4.0 Oesophagus 7.6 2.6

Bladder 5.6 1.8 Ovary 6.7

NHL 5.6 2.4 NHL 6.6 4.6

Leukaemia 5.3 3.1 Leukaemia 6.2 4.4

Oesophagus 5.0 4.3 Kidney 5.9 3.0

Pancreas 4.7 4.2 Lip, oral cavity 5.8 2.3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60

ASR (World) incidence and mortality rates, top 15 cancers** ASR (World) incidence rates per sex, top 15 cancers**

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* includes non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC)

** NMSC included in other cancers

Age standardization using world population (see link)

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