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The Top 5 Types of Cancer that Cause the Most Female Deaths Worldwide
| Type of Cancer | Deaths | Rate (per 100,000) |
% of Total Cancer Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breast cancer | 458,367 deaths | 12.5 | 13.7% |
| 2 | Lung cancer | 427,392 deaths | 11.0 | 12.8% |
| 3 | Colorectum | 288,049 deaths | 7.0 | 8.6% |
| 4 | Cervix cancer | 275,128 deaths | 7.8 | 8.2% |
| 5 | Stomach cancer | 273,634 deaths | 6.9 | 8.2% |
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Sources: GLOBOCAN 2008, Cancer Incidence and Mortality Worldwide: IARC CancerBase No. 10 [Internet]. (last accessed by top 5 of Anything: Dec, 2010).
List Notes: List is ranked by number of deaths. Data is estimated for the year 2008 in 182 countries worldwide. Cancer rate is the number of female deaths per 100,000 persons per year and is age-standardized. An age-standardized rate is the rate that a population would have if it had a standard age structure. Standardization is necessary when comparing several populations that differ with respect to age because age has a powerful influence on the risk of cancer. Percentage of total is percentage of global cancer deaths. Data excludes non-melanoma skin cancer.
Sources: GLOBOCAN 2008, Cancer Incidence and Mortality Worldwide: IARC CancerBase No. 10 [Internet]. (last accessed by top 5 of Anything: Dec, 2010).
List Notes: List is ranked by number of deaths. Data is estimated for the year 2008 in 182 countries worldwide. Cancer rate is the number of female deaths per 100,000 persons per year and is age-standardized. An age-standardized rate is the rate that a population would have if it had a standard age structure. Standardization is necessary when comparing several populations that differ with respect to age because age has a powerful influence on the risk of cancer. Percentage of total is percentage of global cancer deaths. Data excludes non-melanoma skin cancer.
