Managing the changing burden of cancer in Asia

Table 3 Age-adjusted disability-adjusted life year (DALY) rates per 100,000 population by cancer site and region, 2008

Cancer type	East Asia^a	China	Southeast Asia	South-central Asia^b	India
Oral cavity and other pharynx (C00 to C14, excluding C11)
Male	103	23	71	198	319
Female	21	11	46	134	130
Oesophagus (C15)
Male	119	328	49	144	123
Female	17	155	26	142	86
Stomach (C16)
Male	357	552	172	205	102
Female	186	305	125	141	71
Colorectum (C18 to C21)
Male	300	162	193	106	68
Female	207	139	182	104	63
Liver (C22)
Male	412	797	457	80	57
Female	134	303	189	61	26
Lung (C33 and C34)
Male	491	705	472	334	187
Female	201	376	223	126	55
Breast (C50)
Female	368	223	468	485	362
Cervix (C53)
Female	112	141	243	363	466
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (C82 to C85, C96)
Male	68	38	118	106	57
Female	42	26	83	69	37
All sites but skin (C00 to C97, excluding C44)
Male	2,553	3,238	2,450	2,086	1,606
Female	1,853	2,300	2,491	2,499	1,900
Both sexes	2,197	2,786	2,470	2,289	1,748

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