Top Ten Highest Death Rate Cancers in China
2004-2005
1. Lung cancer 30.83 (Death rate: every hundred thousand people, similarly hereinafter)
2. Liver cancer 26.26
3. Gastric cancer 24.71
4. Esophageal carcinoma 15.21
5. Colorectal cancer 7.25
6. Leukemia 3.84
7. Brain cancer 3.13
8. Breast cancer 2.90
9. Pancreatic cancer 2.62
10. Bone cancer 1.70
11. Thyroid cancer 0.05
1990-1992
1. Gastric cancer 25.16
2. Liver cancer 20.37
3. Lung cancer 17.54
4. Esophageal carcinoma 17.38
5. Colorectal cancer 5.3
6. Leukemia 3.64
7. Cervical cancer 1.89
8. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma 1.74
9. Breast cancer 1.72
1973-1975
1. Gastric cancer 19.54
2. Esophageal carcinoma 18.83
3. Liver cancer 12.54
4. Lung cancer 7.09
5. Cervical cancer 5.23
6. Colorectal cancer 4.60
7. Leukemia 2.72
8. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma 2.32
9. Breast cancer 1.65
Data source: http://www.360doc.com/content/13/0413/17/5078445_278019213.shtml
