India

Source: Globocan 2018

Number of new cases in 2018, both sexes, all ages Geography

Breast
162 468 (14%)

Lip, oral cavity

119 992 (10.4%)

Cervix uteri
Other cancers 96 922 (8.4%)
652 723 (56.4%)
Lung
67 795 (5.9%)

Stomach
57 394 (5%)

Total: 1 157 294

Number of new cases in 2018, males, all ages Numbers at a glance

Lip, oral cavity Total population

92 011 (16.1%)

Lung
1 354 051 855
48 698 (8.5%)
Number of new cases
Stomach

1 157 294
Other cancers 38 818 (6.8%)
319 941 (56.1%)
Colorectum
36 687 (6.4%)

Oesophagus Number of deaths

33 890 (5.9%)

Total: 570 045
784 821
Number of new cases in 2018, females, all ages
Number of prevalent cases (5-year)

Breast
162 468 (27.7%)
2 258 208
Other cancers
243 644 (41.5%) Data source and methods

Incidence
Colorectum Cervix uteri Country-specific data source: Ahmedabad Cancer
20 064 (3.4%) 96 922 (16.5%) Registry, Aurangabad Cancer Registry, Bangalore Cancer
Registry, Barshi Cancer Registry, Bhopal Cancer Registry,
Cachar Cancer Registry, Chennai Cancer Registry, Delhi
Lip, oral cavity Ovary
27 981 (4.8%) 36 170 (6.2%)
Cancer Registry, Dibrugarh Cancer Registry, Dindigul
Cancer Registry, Kamrup Cancer Registry, Kollam Cancer
Total: 587 249 Registry, Karwar Cancer Registry, Imphal/Manipur Cancer
Registry, Mansa District Population Based Cancer Registry,
Summary statistic 2018 Meghalaya Cancer Registry, Mizoram Cancer Registry,
Mumbai Cancer Registry, Nagpur Cancer Registry, Nagaland
Males Females Both sexes Cancer Registry, Poona Cancer Registry, Ratnagiri Cancer
Population 701 546 980 652 504 878 1 354 051 855 Registry, Sangrur District Population Based Cancer Registry,
Sikkim Cancer Registry, Trivandrum Cancer Registry, Tripura
Number of new cancer cases 570 045 587 249 1 157 294
Cancer Registry
Age-standardized incidence rate (World) 89.8 90.0 89.4 Method: Weighted/simple average of the most recent local
Risk of developing cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 9.8 9.4 9.6 rates applied to 2018 population
Number of cancer deaths 413 519 371 302 784 821
Mortality
Age-standardized mortality rate (World) 65.8 57.5 61.4
Country-specific data source: Regional
Risk of dying from cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 7.3 6.3 6.8
Method: Estimated from national incidence estimates by
5-year prevalent cases 1 000 485 1 257 723 2 258 208 modelling, using incidence:mortality ratios derived from
Top 5 most frequent cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer Lip, oral cavity Breast Breast cancer registry data in neighbouring countries
(ranked by cases) Lung Cervix uteri Lip, oral cavity
Prevalence
Stomach Ovary Cervix uteri
Colorectum Lip, oral cavity Lung Computed using sex-; site- and age-specific incidence to
Oesophagus Colorectum Stomach 1-;3- and 5-year prevalence ratios from Nordic countries for
the period (2000-2009), and scaled using Human
Development Index (HDI) ratios.

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Source: Globocan 2018

Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence by cancer site

New cases Deaths 5-year prevalence (all ages)

Cancer Number Rank (%) Cum.risk Number Rank (%) Cum.risk Number Prop.
Breast 162 468 1 15.62 2.70 87 090 1 12.19 1.52 405 456 62.14
Lip, oral cavity 119 992 2 11.54 1.02 72 616 2 10.16 0.64 265 255 19.59
Cervix uteri 96 922 3 9.32 1.59 60 078 4 8.41 1.03 225 689 34.59
Lung 67 795 4 6.52 0.65 63 475 3 8.88 0.60 65 805 4.86
Stomach 57 394 5 5.52 0.54 51 429 5 7.20 0.49 72 149 5.33
Oesophagus 52 396 6 5.04 0.50 46 504 6 6.51 0.45 49 369 3.65
Leukaemia 42 055 7 4.04 0.27 32 471 7 4.54 0.21 105 592 7.80
Ovary 36 170 8 3.48 0.58 24 015 9 3.36 0.43 80 422 12.33
Larynx 28 721 9 2.76 0.28 17 640 15 2.47 0.18 65 041 4.80
Brain, nervous system 28 142 10 2.71 0.21 24 003 10 3.36 0.19 62 562 4.62
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 28 110 11 2.70 0.23 23 510 11 3.29 0.20 64 496 4.76
Liver 27 670 12 2.66 0.26 25 627 8 3.59 0.25 21 880 1.62
Colon 27 605 13 2.65 0.26 19 548 14 2.74 0.18 53 700 3.97
Gallbladder 25 999 14 2.50 0.24 19 676 13 2.75 0.18 31 357 2.32
Hypopharynx 25 947 15 2.49 0.24 8 804 22 1.23 0.08 34 081 2.52
Prostate 25 696 16 2.47 0.52 17 184 16 2.40 0.31 47 558 6.78
Rectum 24 251 17 2.33 0.21 20 056 12 2.81 0.18 49 218 3.63
Bladder 18 926 18 1.82 0.18 10 231 19 1.43 0.09 43 486 3.21
Thyroid 18 688 19 1.80 0.14 5 128 25 0.72 0.05 50 939 3.76
Oropharynx 17 903 20 1.72 0.17 14 953 17 2.09 0.15 43 015 3.18
Kidney 15 454 21 1.49 0.14 9 911 20 1.39 0.09 31 577 2.33
Corpus uteri 13 328 22 1.28 0.24 5 010 27 0.70 0.09 33 747 5.17
Multiple myeloma 12 923 23 1.24 0.12 9 900 21 1.39 0.09 24 375 1.80
Pancreas 10 860 24 1.04 0.10 10 528 18 1.47 0.10 8 453 0.62
Penis 9 938 25 0.96 0.20 6 930 23 0.97 0.14 23 345 3.33
Hodgkin lymphoma 9 115 26 0.88 0.06 5 714 24 0.80 0.04 24 039 1.78
Salivary glands 7 676 27 0.74 0.07 5 106 26 0.71 0.05 15 375 1.14
Vagina 5 208 28 0.50 0.09 2 918 30 0.41 0.05 11 391 1.75
Nasopharynx 5 086 29 0.49 0.04 3 715 28 0.52 0.03 12 640 0.93
Anus 4 895 30 0.47 0.04 3 486 29 0.49 0.03 10 128 0.75
Testis 4 414 31 0.42 0.06 1 955 32 0.27 0.03 13 453 1.92
Vulva 3 446 32 0.33 0.06 1 756 33 0.25 0.03 8 445 1.29
Melanoma of skin 3 048 33 0.29 0.03 2 053 31 0.29 0.02 7 331 0.54
Mesothelioma 1 676 34 0.16 0.02 1 577 34 0.22 0.01 1 819 0.13
Kaposi sarcoma 92 35 0.01 0.00 56 35 0.01 0.00 193 0.01
All cancer sites 1 157 294 - - 9.58 784 821 - - 6.80 2 258 208 166.77

Age-standardized (World) incidence rates per sex, top 10 cancers

Males Females

Breast 24.7

Lip, oral cavity 13.9 4.3

Cervix uteri 14.7

Lung 7.8 3.0

Stomach 6.2 2.9

Oesophagus 5.5 2.9

Leukaemia 3.8 2.7
Ovary 5.5
Larynx 4.2 0.40
Liver 3.1 1.4

40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40
ASR (World) per 100 000

Age-standardized (World) incidence and mortality rates, top 10 cancers

Incidence Mortality

Breast 24.7 13.4

Cervix uteri 14.7 9.2

Lip, oral cavity 9.1 5.6

Ovary 5.5 3.7

Lung 5.4 5.0

Stomach 4.5 4.1

Colorectum 4.4 3.4
Prostate 4.4 2.9
Oesophagus 4.2 3.7
Leukaemia 3.2 2.5

40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40
ASR (World) per 100 000

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