Introduction

Analysis

Selected Findings

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by a research grant from the National Cancer Center (No. 1010160) and National Health Promotion Program grants (Nos. 1160390 and 1160400) from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea. The authors are indebted to the Korea Central Cancer Registry (KCCR)-affiliated hospitals, non-KCCR-affiliated hospitals, 11 regional cancer registries (Busan, Daegu & Gyeongbuk, Gwangju & Jeonnam, Incheon, Daejeon & Chungnam, Ulsan, Gangwon, Chungbuk, Jeonbuk, Gyeongnam, and Jejudo), the National Health Insurance Corporation, and Statistics Korea for data collection.

NOTES

Conflict of interest relevant to this article was not reported.

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Fig. 1

Annual age-standardized cancer incidence and death rates for all sites by sex during 1983-2009 in Korea. Age standardization was based on the World Health Organization world standard population.

Fig. 2

Trends in age-standardized cancer incidence for selected cancers by sex during 1999-2009 in Korea. Age standardization was based on the World Health Organization world standard population. (A) Male. (B) Female.

Fig. 3

Age-specific incidence rates for major cancers during 2009 in Korea. (A) Male. (B) Female.

Fig. 4

Annual age-standardized cancer mortality for selected cancers by gender during 1983-2009 in Korea. Age standardization was based on the World Health Organization world standard population. (A) Male. (B) Female.

Fig. 5

Number of prevalent cases by time since diagnosis for major cancer sites on January 1, 2010 in Korea.

Table 1

Number of cancer incidence cases, deaths, and prevalent cases by gender during 2009 in Korea

Sites	New cases			Deaths			10-yr prevalent casesa)
	Both genders	Male	Female	Both genders	Male	Female	Both genders	Male	Female
All sites	192,561	99,224	93,337	69,780	43,846	25,934	808,503	371,001	437,502
Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx	2,511	1,865	646	973	765	208	11,981	8,205	3,776
Esophagus	2,136	1,975	161	1,406	1,297	109	5,574	5,053	521
Stomach	29,727	19,953	9,774	10,135	6,680	3,455	145,589	96,919	48,670
Colon and rectum	24,986	15,068	9,918	7,051	3,929	3,122	115,741	68,566	47,175
Liver	15,936	11,913	4,023	11,246	8,429	2,817	38,920	29,331	9,589
Gallbladderb)	4,782	2,379	2,403	3,619	1,775	1,844	10,778	5,512	5,266
Pancreas	4,427	2,433	1,994	4,058	2,229	1,829	5,085	2,788	2,297
Larynx	1,148	1,082	66	424	382	42	6,635	6,233	402
Lung	19,685	14,026	5,659	14,919	10,892	4,027	38,313	25,580	12,733
Breast	13,460	61	13,399	1,893	15	1,878	86,922	397	86,525
Cervix uteri	3,733	-	3,733	950	-	950	32,582	-	32,582
Corpus uteri	1,732	-	1,732	221	-	221	9,982	-	9,982
Ovary	1,783	-	1,783	854	-	854	10,047	-	10,047
Prostate	7,351	7,351	-	1,235	1,235	-	29,183	29,183	-
Testis	200	200	-	23	23	-	1,472	1,472	-
Kidney	3,435	2,327	1,108	743	501	242	17,015	11,473	5,542
Bladder	3,203	2,550	653	965	709	256	19,051	15,486	3,565
Brain and CNS	1,653	893	760	1,065	558	507	6,498	3,422	3,076
Thyroid	31,977	5,162	26,815	352	111	241	136,388	19,833	116,555
Hodgkin lymphoma	220	146	74	41	28	13	1,364	869	495
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	3,873	2,167	1,706	1,340	778	562	17,656	9,692	7,964
Multiple myeloma	1,020	568	452	701	374	327	2,731	1,446	1,285
Leukemia	2,687	1,496	1,191	1,541	855	686	10,554	5,819	4,735
Other and ill-defined	10,896	5,609	5,287	4,025	2,281	1,744	48,442	23,722	24,720

CNS, central nervous system. ^a)10-yr prevalent cases: limited-duration prevalent cases on January 1, 2010. These are patients that were diagnosed between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2009 and were alive on January 1, 2010. Multiple primary cancer cases were counted multiple times, ^b)Includes gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract.

Table 2

Crude and age-standardized cancer incidence rates by gender during 2009 in Korea

	Crude incidence rates/100,000 Sites			Age-standardized incidence rates/100,000a)
	Both genders	Male	Female	Both genders	Male	Female
All sites	387.8	398.9	376.7	282.0	325.5	259.3
Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx	5.1	7.5	2.6	3.7	6.0	1.8
Esophagus	4.3	7.9	0.6	3.1	6.5	0.4
Stomach	59.9	80.2	39.4	43.0	64.5	25.5
Colon and rectum	50.3	60.6	40.0	36.2	49.0	25.9
Liver	32.1	47.9	16.2	23.2	37.7	10.4
Gallbladderb)	9.6	9.6	9.7	6.7	8.0	5.7
Pancreas	8.9	9.8	8.0	6.2	8.0	4.8
Larynx	2.3	4.3	0.3	1.7	3.6	0.2
Lung	39.6	56.4	22.8	27.8	46.8	13.9
Breast	27.1	0.2	54.1	19.4	0.2	38.3
Cervix uteri	7.5	-	15.1	5.4	-	10.5
Corpus uteri	3.5	-	7.0	2.6	-	5.0
Ovary	3.6	-	7.2	2.7	-	5.2
Prostate	14.8	29.6	-	10.4	24.8	-
Testis	0.4	0.8	-	0.4	0.8	-
Kidney	6.9	9.4	4.5	5.1	7.5	3.1
Bladder	6.5	10.3	2.6	4.5	8.5	1.5
Brain and CNS	3.3	3.6	3.1	2.9	3.4	2.5
Thyroid	64.4	20.8	108.2	47.5	15.4	79.6
Hodgkin lymphoma	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.3
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	7.8	8.7	6.9	6.0	7.3	5.0
Multiple myeloma	2.1	2.3	1.8	1.5	1.9	1.2
Leukemia	5.4	6.0	4.8	5.0	5.9	4.2
Other and ill-defined	21.9	22.5	21.3	16.5	19.3	14.3

CNS, central nervous system. ^a)Age adjusted to the World Health Organization world standard population, ^b)Includes gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract.

Table 3

Ten leading causes of death during 2009 in Korea

Rank	Cause of death	No. of deaths	Percent of all deaths	Age-standardized death rates/100,000a)
	All causes	246,942	100.0	349.5
1	Cancer	69,780	28.3	97.8
2	Cerebrovascular disease	25,838	10.5	34.2
3	Heart disease	22,347	9.0	30.3
4	Intentional self harm (suicide)	15,413	6.2	23.8
5	Diabetes mellitus	9,757	4.0	13.1
6	Transport accidents	7,147	2.9	11.5
7	Chronic lower respiratory diseases	6,914	2.8	9.0
8	Disease of liver	6,868	2.8	9.9
9	Pneumonia	6,324	2.6	8.4
10	Hypertensive diseases	4,749	1.9	6.3
	Others	71,805	29.1	105.3

Source: Mortality Data, 2009, Korea National Statistical Office. ^a)Age adjusted to the World Health Organization world standard population.

Table 4

Crude and age-standardized cancer mortality rates by gender during 2009 in Korea

Sites	Crude incidence rates/100,000 Sites			Age-standardized incidence rates/100,000a)
	Both genders	Male	Female	Both genders	Male	Female
All sites	140.5	176.3	104.7	97.8	146.7	62.9
Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx	2.0	3.1	0.8	1.4	2.5	0.5
Esophagus	2.8	5.2	0.4	2.0	4.3	0.2
Stomach	20.4	26.9	13.9	14	22.3	8.1
Colon and rectum	14.2	15.8	12.6	9.7	13.2	7.3
Liver	22.6	33.9	11.4	16.2	27.1	6.9
Gallbladderb)	7.3	7.1	7.4	4.9	6.0	4.1
Pancreas	8.2	9.0	7.4	5.6	7.4	4.2
Larynx	0.9	1.5	0.2	0.6	1.3	0.1
Lung	30.0	43.8	16.3	20.5	36.6	9.2
Breast	3.8	0.1	7.6	2.7	0.1	5.2
Cervix uteri	1.9	-	3.8	1.3	-	2.4
Corpus uteri	0.4	-	0.9	0.3	-	0.6
Ovary	1.7	-	3.4	1.2	-	2.3
Prostate	2.5	5.0	-	1.6	4.6	-
Testis	0.0	0.1	-	0.0	0.1	-
Kidney	1.5	2.0	1.0	1	1.6	0.6
Bladder	1.9	2.9	1.0	1.3	2.5	0.5
Brain and CNS	2.1	2.2	2.0	1.7	1.9	1.5
Thyroid	0.7	0.4	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.5
Hodgkin lymphoma	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	2.7	3.1	2.3	1.9	2.6	1.4
Multiple myeloma	1.4	1.5	1.3	1.0	1.2	0.8
Leukemia	3.1	3.4	2.8	2.5	3.0	2.1
Other and ill-defined	8.1	9.2	7.0	5.8	7.8	4.3

CNS, central nervous system. ^a)Age adjusted to the World Health Organization world standard population, ^b)Includes gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract.

Table 5

Trends in cancer incidence rates in both sexes during 1999-2009 in Korea

Sites	Year
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	APCa)
All sites	210.5	205.1	216.7	220.1	227.2	234.3	247.0	251.0	261.7	273.5	282.0	3.3b)
Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx	3.6	4.4	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	3.7	0.1
Esophagus	4.1	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.1	-2.2b)
Stomach	43.6	42.3	44.0	43.6	43.2	41.1	44.4	42.8	41.6	42.4	43.0	-0.2
Colon and rectum	20.4	21.0	22.9	24.7	26.8	28.5	30.8	32.3	33.4	34.4	36.2	6.2b)
Liver	27.9	26.7	27.3	26.5	25.7	25.5	25.8	24.5	24.3	23.9	23.2	-1.7b)
Gallbladderc)	6.5	6.4	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.9	7.1	6.6	6.5	6.4	6.7	0.1
Pancreas	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.8	5.8	6.0	6.3	6.2	6.3	6.4	6.2	1.6b)
Larynx	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	2.1	1.9	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.6	1.7	-3.6b)
Lung	28.5	27.7	28.3	28.5	27.8	28.8	28.9	28.6	28.3	28.0	27.8	0.0
Breast	10.7	10.8	12.7	13.9	14.2	14.9	16.2	16.9	18.0	18.8	19.4	6.3b)
Cervix uteri	8.5	7.9	8.3	7.7	7.4	6.8	6.4	6.3	5.7	5.8	5.4	-4.6b)
Corpus uteri	1.4	1.3	1.5	1.7	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.4	2.6	6.2b)
Ovary	2.7	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	3.0	2.8	2.7	1.2b)
Prostate	3.1	2.7	3.6	3.9	4.8	6.0	6.3	7.2	8.6	9.7	10.4	14.9b)
Testis	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	3.9b)
Kidney	3.0	2.9	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.7	4.1	4.4	4.8	5.0	5.1	6.3b)
Bladde	4.6	4.6	4.9	4.7	5.1	5.1	5.1	4.9	5.0	4.8	4.5	0.1
Brain and CNS	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.6	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.9	3.1	3.0	2.9	0.8b)
Thyroid	6.3	6.1	7.9	9.5	12.7	17.2	20.6	25.4	32.7	41.2	47.5	24.9b)
Hodgkin lymphoma	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	4.5b)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	4.5	4.2	4.5	4.6	4.9	5.2	5.3	5.5	5.5	5.6	6.0	3.4b)
Multiple myeloma	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.5	4.1b)
Leukemia	4.7	4.3	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.9	4.8	5.0	5.0	1.0b)
Other and ill-defined	14.3	13.5	13.9	13.5	15.1	15.1	16.0	16.0	16.9	16.8	16.5	-

APC, annual percent change; CNS, central nervous system. ^a)APC using age-standardized incidence based on the World Health Organization world standard population, ^b)APC was significantly different from zero (p < 0.05), ^c)Includes gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract.

Table 6

Trends in cancer incidence rates in males during 1999-2009 in Korea

Sites	Year
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	APCa)
All sites	285.0	276.7	288.3	290.0	294.4	298.8	310.6	309.2	315.2	321.2	325.5	1.6b)
Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx	6.1	7.1	6.0	6.2	6.5	6.1	6.0	6.1	6.3	6.4	6.0	-0.4
Esophagus	8.8	8.0	8.3	8.2	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.2	6.9	7.0	6.5	-2.6b)
Stomach	66.2	65.0	67.2	66.6	5.9	62.2	66.8	65.2	62.9	64.2	64.5	-0.4
Colon and rectum	26.2	27.2	29.6	32.9	35.2	37.8	41.0	43.1	45.0	46.3	49.0	6.8b)
Liver	46.8	44.7	45.1	43.9	42.3	42.1	42.6	40.2	39.6	39.2	37.7	-1.9b)
Gallbladderc)	8.1	7.8	8.2	8.1	7.8	8.4	8.7	8.1	7.9	7.6	8.0	-0.2
Pancreas	7.8	7.6	7.6	7.9	7.7	8.0	8.3	8.0	8.2	8.3	8.0	0.7b)
Larynx	4.9	4.5	5.1	4.7	4.5	4.1	4.3	3.7	3.8	3.5	3.6	-3.6b)
Lung	51.4	49.8	51.1	51.0	49.9	50.8	50.8	49.1	48.6	47.4	46.8	-0.8b)
Breast	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.2	-2.0
Prostate	8.4	7.2	9.5	10.1	12.4	15.0	15.7	17.9	20.8	23.3	24.8	13.4b)
Testis	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	3.8b)
Kidney	4.5	4.4	4.9	5.0	5.2	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.4	7.5	5.9b)
Bladder	9.0	9.0	9.4	9.0	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.6	9.3	9.1	8.5	-0.1
Brain and CNS	3.2	3.1	3.1	2.9	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.4	0.9b)
Thyroid	2.1	1.9	2.4	2.7	3.7	4.8	5.9	7.5	10.0	13.2	15.4	24.8b)
Hodgkin lymphoma	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	3.1b)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	5.8	5.5	5.8	5.8	6.2	6.6	6.4	6.8	7.0	6.7	7.3	2.6b)
Multiple myeloma	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.9	3.5b)
Leukemia	5.5	5.0	5.4	5.8	5.5	5.7	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.9	0.9b)
Other and ill-defined	17.9	16.5	16.8	16.5	18.4	18.1	19.1	18.7	20.0	19.5	19.3	-

APC, annual percent change; CNS, central nervous system. ^a)APC using age-standardized incidence based on the World Health Organization world standard population, ^b)APC was significantly different from zero (p < 0.05), ^c)Includes gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract.

Table 7

Trends in cancer incidence rates in females during 1999-2009 in Korea

Sites	Year
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	APCa)
All sites	161.1	157.4	169.0	174.6	183.9	192.9	207.0	215.5	230.6	247.5	259.3	5.3b)
Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx	1.6	2.4	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.8	0.4
Esophagus	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	-2.9b)
Stomach	26.7	25.2	26.2	26.3	25.9	24.7	26.8	25.0	24.7	25.0	25.5	-0.5
Colon and rectum	16.4	16.4	17.9	18.8	20.5	21.4	22.9	23.9	24.4	24.9	25.9	5.1b)
Liver	12.3	11.8	12.2	11.8	11.5	11.3	11.3	11.1	11.0	10.6	10.4	-1.5b)
Gallbladderc)	5.3	5.5	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	6.0	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.7	0.2
Pancreas	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.9	4.8	2.3b)
Larynx	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	-8.5b)
Lung	12.4	12.5	12.3	12.6	12.4	13.0	13.5	14.0	13.9	14.1	13.9	1.5b)
Breast	20.9	20.9	24.7	27.2	27.8	29.2	31.8	33.1	35.4	37.0	38.3	6.5b)
Cervix uteri	16.3	15.1	15.8	14.8	14.2	13.1	12.3	12.2	11.0	11.3	10.5	6.4b)
Corpus uteri	2.8	2.6	3.0	3.3	3.8	3.7	3.9	4.0	4.2	4.7	5.0	-4.4b)
Ovary	5.0	4.8	4.8	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.4	5.4	5.9	5.5	5.2	1.4b)
Kidney	1.7	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.5	2.7	2.8	3.0	3.1	6.5b)
Bladder	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.5	-0.3
Brain and CNS	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.8	2.6	2.8	2.6	2.5	0.6
Thyroid	10.4	10.1	13.2	16.2	21.8	29.5	35.2	43.2	55.4	69.2	79.6	25.1b)
Hodgkin lymphoma	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	6.7b)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	3.4	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.9	4.1	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.7	5.0	4.4b)
Multiple myeloma	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	5.0b)
Leukemia	3.9	3.8	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.4	4.1	4.3	4.2	1.0b)
Other and ill-defined	11.8	11.5	11.8	11.5	12.6	12.9	13.7	13.9	14.5	14.6	14.3	-

APC, annual percent change; CNS, central nervous system. ^a)APC using age-standardized incidence based on the World Health Organization world standard population, ^b)APC was significantly different from zero (p < 0.05), ^c)Includes gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract.

Table 8

Five major sites of cancer incidence by age group and gender during 2009 in Korea

Rank	Age group (yr)
	0-14	15-34	35-64	≥65
Male
1	Leukemia	Thyroid	Stomach	Lung
	(5.0)	(9.4)	(95.8)	(451.5)
2	Brain and CNS	Stomach	Colon and rectum	Stomach
	(2.4)	(3.1)	(71.1)	(443.9)
3	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Leukemia	Liver	Colon and rectum
	(1.6)	(3.0)	(68.1)	(340.7)
4	Kidney	Colon and rectum	Lung	Prostate
	(0.5)	(2.7)	(41.8)	(268.2)
5	Testis	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Thyroid	Liver
	(0.4)	(2.6)	(35.9)	(209.2)
Female
1	Leukemia	Thyroid	Thyroid	Colon and rectum
	(3.5)	(52.1)	(192.5)	(171.0)
2	Brain and CNS	Breast	Breast	Stomach
	(1.7)	(10.0)	(102.8)	(160.5)
3	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Cervix uteri	Stomach	Lung
	(1.1)	(5.3)	(42.2)	(120.5)
4	Ovary	Stomach	Colon and rectum	Thyroid
	(0.8)	(4.2)	(41.6)	(82.1)
5	Kidney, thyroid	Colon and rectum	Cervix uteri	Liver
	(0.3) , (0.3)	(2.6)	(22.0)	(76.9)

CNS, central nervous system.

Table 9

Trends in the 5-yr relative survival rates (%) by year of diagnosis during 1993-2009 in Korea

Sites	Both genders					Male					Female
	1993-1995	1996-2000	2001-2005	2005-2009	Changea)	1993-1995	1996-2000	2001-2005	2005-2009	Changea)	1993-1995	1996-2000	2001-2005	2005-2009	Changea)
All sites	41.2	44.0	53.7	62.0	20.8	31.7	35.3	45.2	53.2	21.5	53.4	55.3	63.9	71.4	18.0
Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx	41.1	46.7	54.1	58.9	17.8	35.8	41.1	49.2	54.3	18.5	58.1	63.8	67.7	70.9	12.8
Esophagus	12.7	15.2	21.1	27.5	14.8	11.8	14.3	20.4	26.7	14.9	23.7	24.2	29.3	36.6	12.9
Stomach	42.8	46.6	57.7	65.3	22.5	43.0	46.9	58.4	65.9	22.9	42.6	46.0	56.3	64.0	21.4
Colon and rectum	54.8	58.0	66.6	71.3	16.5	55.3	59.0	68.5	73.2	17.9	54.2	56.8	64.1	68.7	14.5
Liver	10.7	13.2	20.1	25.1	14.4	9.9	12.9	20.0	25.1	15.2	13.6	14.2	20.3	25.1	11.5
Gallbladderb)	17.3	19.7	22.8	26.1	8.8	16.6	20.3	23.3	27.0	10.4	18.0	19.1	22.3	25.2	7.2
Pancreas	9.4	7.6	8.0	8.0	1.4	8.8	7.3	8.0	7.9	0.9	10.1	8.1	8.0	8.2	-1.9
Larynx	59.7	62.3	66.2	71.3	11.6	60.2	62.8	66.8	71.6	11.4	55.4	57.8	58.2	65.9	10.5
Lung	11.3	12.7	16.1	19.0	7.7	10.4	11.6	14.9	17.1	6.7	14.2	16.2	19.6	23.9	9.7
Breast	77.9	83.2	88.4	90.6	12.7	75.1	85.6	86.9	92.0	16.9	78.0	83.2	88.5	90.6	12.6
Cervix uteri	77.5	80.0	81.2	80.3	2.8	-	-	-	-	-	77.5	80.0	81.2	80.3	2.8
Corpus uteri	81.5	81.8	84.7	84.9	3.4	-	-	-	-	-	81.5	81.8	84.7	84.9	3.4
Ovary	58.7	58.9	61.3	60.2	1.5	-	-	-	-	-	58.7	58.9	61.3	60.2	1.5
Prostate	55.9	67.2	79.9	87.6	31.7	55.9	67.2	79.9	87.6	31.7	-	-	-	-	-
Testis	85.4	90.4	90.6	92.3	6.9	85.4	90.4	90.6	92.3	6.9	-	-	-	-	-
Kidney	62.0	66.1	73.3	77.1	15.1	60.8	64.4	72.7	77.2	16.4	64.5	69.7	74.4	76.8	12.3
Bladder	69.1	73.1	75.4	76.0	6.9	70.0	74.8	77.2	77.6	7.6	65.5	66.3	68.4	69.3	3.8
Brain and CNS	38.5	39.0	40.4	43.3	4.8	37.2	37.5	39.7	42.1	4.9	40.2	40.7	41.2	44.6	4.4
Thyroid	94.2	94.9	98.3	99.7	5.5	87.2	89.5	95.7	99.3	12.1	95.4	95.9	98.7	99.8	4.4
Hodgkin lymphoma	68.0	71.2	76.7	81.9	13.9	67.6	68.1	74.7	81.1	13.5	68.6	77.4	80.6	83.3	14.7
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	46.6	50.8	59.8	64.2	17.6	45.3	48.9	58.0	62.3	17.0	48.7	53.5	62.3	66.6	17.9
Multiple myeloma	22.1	19.8	29.3	34.3	12.2	21.1	17.8	29.7	34.7	13.6	23.3	22.1	28.8	33.9	10.6
Leukemia	26.5	33.3	41.6	46.0	19.5	26.2	32.3	41.5	45.1	18.9	26.8	34.6	41.8	47.2	20.4
Other and ill-defined	42.1	45.9	55.4	62.6	20.5	37.4	42.4	51.8	58.9	21.5	47.4	50.0	59.4	66.4	19.0

CNS, central nervous system. ^a)Change in the 5-yr relative survival between 1993-1995 and 2005-2009 as a percentage, ^b)Includes gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract.

Table 10

Crude and age-standardized rates of 10-yr cancer prevalence on January 1, 2010 by gender during 2009 in Korea

Sites	Crude 10-yr prevalent rates/100,000			Age-standardized 10-yr prevalent rates/100,000a)
	Both genders	Male	Female	Both genders	Male	Female
All sites	1,628.2	1,491.4	1,765.5	1,193.2	1,218.2	1,237.3
Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx	24.1	33.0	15.2	17.9	26.4	10.7
Esophagus	11.2	20.3	2.1	8.1	16.8	1.3
Stomach	293.2	389.6	196.4	211.1	312.9	128.5
Colon and rectum	233.1	275.6	190.4	167.4	223.8	123.4
Liver	78.4	117.9	38.7	58.2	93.8	26.7
Gallbladderb)	21.7	22.2	21.3	15.4	18.2	13.3
Pancreas	10.2	11.2	9.3	7.4	9.1	6.0
Larynx	13.4	25.1	1.6	9.7	20.7	1.0
Lung	77.2	102.8	51.4	55.5	84.5	33.3
Breast	175.0	1.6	349.2	125.9	1.3	247.0
Cervix uteri	65.6	-	131.5	47.0	-	91.0
Corpus uteri	20.1	-	40.3	14.9	-	29.1
Ovary	20.2	-	40.5	15.5	-	30.5
Prostate	58.8	117.3	-	40.2	99.2	-
Testis	3.0	5.9	-	2.8	5.4	-
Kidney	34.3	46.1	22.4	25.7	36.8	16.1
Bladder	38.4	62.3	14.4	26.8	51.5	8.6
Brain and CNS	13.1	13.8	12.4	11.8	12.7	10.9
Thyroid	274.7	79.7	470.4	201.7	59.6	342.6
Hodgkin lymphoma	2.7	3.5	2.0	2.4	3.0	1.8
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	35.6	39.0	32.1	27.8	32.5	23.8
Multiple myeloma	5.5	5.8	5.2	4.0	4.7	3.5
Leukemia	21.3	23.4	19.1	21.0	23.4	18.7
Other and ill-defined	97.6	95.4	99.8	75.0	82.1	69.4

CNS, central nervous system. ^a)Age adjusted to the World Health Organization world standard population, ^b)Includes gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract.

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