Research Article

Cancer Burden in China during 1990–2019: Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease

Table 3

All-age deaths and age-standardized mortality rates for different types of cancer and their percentage change by gender in China, 1990–2019.

MorphologyGenderAll-age deaths (95% UI), no. 103(95% UI)Age-standardized mortality rate (95% UI), per 100,000
19902019Change, %19902019Change, %

All neoplasmsMale868.85 (677.58, 1053.30)1704.14 (1336.21,2112.01)96.14220.49 (175.99,264.00)192.28(152.49,234.84)-12.79
Female543.87 (426.76, 667.64)936.05 (722.95,1154.37)72.11126.62 (100.21,154.35)92.65 (71.67,113.95)-26.82
Both1412.72 (1164.05,1661.26)2640.20 (2174.68, 3131.22)86.89168.81 (140.27,196.93)136.72(112.97,161.19)-19.01

Tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancerMale177.93 (145.87,214.39)523.19 (413.19,647.41)194.0446.33 (38.78,55.03)58.1 (46.53,70.89)25.40
Female78.4 (65.03,91.66)233.98 (189.18,282.75)198.4418.63 (15.62,21.64)22.86 (18.52,27.52)22.71
Both256.33 (221.06,294.56)757.17 (638.74,887.75)195.3931.18 (27.14,35.52)38.7 (32.8,45.03)24.12

Stomach cancerMale197.06 (161.82,232.16)298.51 (238.47,363.78)51.4851.36 (42.96,59.94)33.14 (26.67,39.89)-35.48
Female108.41 (90.42,126.30)123.03(99.95,150.64)13.4926.17 (21.94,30.37)12.20 (9.93,14.92)-53.38
Both305.47 (267.21,345.40)421.54 (353.52,493.18)38.0037.73 (33.20,42.39)21.72 (18.31,25.31)-42.43

Colorectal cancerMale42.02 (34.9,49.40)164.73 (132.24,202.32)292.0311.73 (9.95,13.59)19.32 (15.8,23.15)64.71
Female37.30 (31.31,43.32)97.05 (78.38,117.17)160.199.14 (7.73,10.58)9.68 (7.82,11.68)5.91
Both79.32 (69.66,89.29)261.78 (224.4,303.32)230.0310.18 (9.03,11.37)13.86 (11.92,16.01)36.15

Esophageal cancerMale117.08 (73.11,141.72)197.72 (151.48,246.01)68.8830.53 (19.80,36.44)21.69 (16.61,26.66)-28.96
Female59.52 (33.27,70.74)59.6 (40.46,74.97)0.1314.69 (8.39,17.38)5.92 (3.98,7.45)-59.70
Both176.60 (112.85,206.04)257.32 (202.78,309.03)45.7122.08 (14.14,25.53)13.15 (10.27,15.68)-40.44

Liver cancerMale164.91 (132.61,201.69)139.03 (109.61,172.17)-15.6936.65 (29.77,44.3)14.56 (11.63,17.86)-60.27
Female67.54 (54.69,83.09)48.67 (38.97,59.42)-27.9415.57 (12.70,19.04)4.76 (3.81,5.80)-69.43
Both232.45 (197.40,275.39)187.7 (158.26,222.77)-19.2525.99 (22.29,30.55)9.41 (7.95,11.13)-63.79

Prostate cancerMale20.38 (15.82,24.68)54.39 (42.9,71.31)166.888.22 (6.62,10.28)7.79 (6.22,9.94)-5.23

Pancreatic cancerMale15.87 (12.94,19.23)70.22 (55.62,86.99)342.474.12 (3.42,4.91)7.69 (6.15,9.41)86.65
Female11.24 (9.46,13.07)47.16 (38.00,57.33)319.572.70 (2.28,3.13)4.58 (3.70,5.56)69.63
Both27.10 (23.6,30.84)117.37 (99.86,136.45)333.103.34 (2.93,3.76)5.99 (5.12,6.93)79.34

Cervical cancerFemale26.42 (20.52,43.53)53.44 (30.4,68.86)102.275.85 (4.59,9.57)5.13 (2.92,6.6)-12.31

Breast cancerMale0.37 (0.30,0.45)2.81 (2.15,3.53)659.460.10 (0.08,0.12)0.29 (0.22,0.36)190.00
Female41.43 (34.15,49.15)93.5 (74.51,115.42)125.689.16 (7.61,10.82)9.02 (7.19,11.10)-1.53
Both41.80 (34.55,49.51)96.31 (77.32,118.09)130.414.74 (3.96,5.57)4.85 (3.91,5.92)2.32

LeukemiaMale36.39 (25.18,43.85)35.22 (26.33,44.01)-3.226.88 (5.02,8.25)4.42 (3.36,5.4)-35.76
Female30.43 (24.36,37.13)25.16 (19.08,31.27)-17.325.83 (4.72,7.03)3.00 (2.30,3.67)-48.54
Both66.82 (54.35,77.29)60.38 (50.21,70.99)-9.646.28 (5.18,7.26)3.67 (3.07,4.28)-41.56

Brain and central nervous system cancerMale21.26 (14.5,31.89)35.65 (22.01,47.44)67.694.35 (3.02,6.46)4.05 (2.53,5.33)-6.90
Female16.71 (11.63,22.37)27.88 (20.2,36.13)66.853.44 (2.44,4.58)3.01 (2.19,3.88)-12.50
Both37.97 (29.10,50.21)63.53 (47.79,76.95)67.323.87 (3.04,5.10)3.5 (2.62,4.21)-9.56

Ovarian cancerFemale8.04 (6.18,11.67)29.09 (20.96,36.86)261.821.76 (1.36,2.59)2.77 (2.01,3.5)57.39

Non-Hodgkin lymphomaMale9.45 (7.82,11.25)29.12 (23.22,36.03)208.152.16 (1.80,2.54)3.19 (2.57,3.90)47.69
Female6.98 (5.85,8.17)15.19 (12.22,18.58)117.621.53 (1.30,1.79)1.55 (1.25,1.88)1.31
Both16.44 (14.40,18.59)44.31 (37.46,51.97)169.531.82 (1.61,2.05)2.32 (1.97,2.70)27.47

Bladder cancerMale11.91 (9.94,13.77)31.5 (25.60,38.33)164.484.43 (3.79,5.04)4.30 (3.56,5.12)-2.93
Female5.38 (4.46,6.42)8.59 (6.92,10.52)59.671.45 (1.22,1.73)0.88 (0.71,1.08)-39.31
Both17.29 (15.09,19.45)40.09 (33.98,47.18)131.872.58 (2.26,2.90)2.24 (1.91,2.61)-13.18

Gallbladder and biliary tract cancerMale5.44 (4.31,9.16)17.76 (12.88,22.42)226.471.62 (1.33,2.59)2.09 (1.53,2.6)29.01
Female6.64 (5.14,11.48)16.70 (10.30,21.30)151.511.66 (1.29,2.84)1.64 (1.01,2.09)-1.20
Both12.08 (9.98,19.48)34.46 (25.22,41.23)185.261.61 (1.35,2.54)1.82 (1.32,2.17)13.04

Nasopharynx cancerMale17.43 (14.3,20.73)21.35 (16.67,26.47)22.493.86 (3.21,4.55)2.20 (1.74,2.70)-43.01
Female9.14 (7.28,11.02)7.31 (5.7,9.04)-20.022.01 (1.61,2.42)0.72 (0.56,0.89)-64.18
Both26.57 (22.77,30.28)28.66 (23.78,34.07)7.872.9 (2.51,3.3)1.43 (1.19,1.69)-50.69

Kidney cancerMale3.33 (2.73,4.07)16.88 (13.18,20.84)406.910.85 (0.7,1.01)1.96 (1.55,2.38)130.59
Female2.55 (2.19,2.94)7.07 (5.68,8.62)177.250.59 (0.50,0.67)0.72 (0.59,0.87)22.03
Both5.88 (5.14,6.69)23.95 (19.77,28.48)307.310.7 (0.61,0.79)1.27 (1.05,1.49)81.43

Uterine cancerFemale10.60 (7.95,13.04)12.22 (9.42,17.34)15.282.38 (1.81,2.90)1.17 (0.90,1.66)-50.84

Lip and oral cavity cancerMale4.57 (3.72,5.45)17.61 (14.09,21.90)285.341.23 (1.02,1.44)1.95 (1.59,2.40)58.54
Female2.83 (2.36,3.33)5.03 (4.06,6.12)77.740.69 (0.57,0.80)0.50 (0.41,0.61)-27.54
Both7.40 (6.44,8.36)22.64 (18.91,27.08)205.950.92 (0.81,1.03)1.16 (0.98,1.38)26.09

Larynx cancerMale8.90 (7.24,10.49)16.84 (13.50,20.73)89.212.34 (1.94,2.72)1.82 (1.47,2.21)-22.22
Female2.59 (2.18,3.00)3.42 (2.74,4.13)32.050.62 (0.52,0.71)0.34 (0.27,0.4)-45.16
Both11.50 (9.85,13.24)20.25 (16.76,24.23)76.091.40 (1.21,1.60)1.02 (0.85,1.21)-27.14

Non-melanoma skin cancerMale2.69 (2.23,3.13)7.98 (6.49,9.66)196.650.88 (0.74,1)1.05 (0.87,1.24)19.32
Female2.29 (1.90,2.72)7.50 (5.78,9.17)227.510.59 (0.50,0.70)0.77 (0.60,0.94)30.51
Both4.98 (4.36,5.60)15.48 (13.10,17.80)210.840.70 (0.61,0.78)0.88 (0.74,1.01)25.71

Multiple myelomaMale2.60 (1.96,3.91)7.71 (4.96,10.24)196.540.65 (0.5,0.98)0.83 (0.54,1.08)27.69
Female2.74 (2.06,4.07)5.71 (4.08,7.46)108.390.64 (0.48,0.94)0.55 (0.39,0.71)-14.06
Both5.34 (4.35,7.53)13.42 (10.06,16.5)151.310.64 (0.53,0.89)0.67 (0.50,0.82)4.69

Thyroid cancerMale1.23 (1.00,1.52)4.21 (3.18,5.24)242.280.35 (0.29,0.43)0.52 (0.40,0.64)48.57
Female2.09 (1.71,2.68)3.03 (2.40,3.76)44.980.50 (0.41,0.63)0.30 (0.24,0.38)-40.00
Both3.32 (2.86,4.13)7.24 (6.01,8.48)118.070.42 (0.37,0.53)0.39 (0.32,0.45)-7.14

Other pharynx cancerMale2.26 (1.86,2.67)4.60 (3.55,5.74)103.540.58 (0.49,0.69)0.49 (0.38,0.6)-15.52
Female0.73 (0.60,0.87)0.99 (0.79,1.21)35.620.17 (0.14,0.20)0.10 (0.08,0.12)-41.18
Both2.99 (2.57,3.44)5.59 (4.53,6.73)86.960.36 (0.31,0.41)0.28 (0.23,0.33)-22.22

Malignant skin melanomaMale1.45 (0.88,2.02)2.5 (1.45,3.47)72.410.34 (0.22,0.48)0.29 (0.17,0.40)-14.71
Female1.32 (0.81,2.19)2.66 (1.42,3.64)101.520.31 (0.20,0.51)0.27 (0.15,0.37)-12.90
Both2.76 (1.90,4.06)5.16 (3.28,6.50)86.960.33 (0.23,0.48)0.28 (0.18,0.35)-15.15

Testicular cancerMale0.78 (0.65,0.91)1.21 (0.96,1.47)55.130.16 (0.13,0.18)0.16 (0.13,0.19)0.00

Hodgkin lymphomaMale3.03 (1.45,4.01)1.76 (1.18,2.35)-41.910.65 (0.31,0.85)0.20 (0.13,0.26)-69.23
Female1.92 (0.83,2.68)0.95 (0.64,1.23)-50.520.40 (0.18,0.55)0.10 (0.07,0.13)-75.00
Both4.95 (2.57,6.47)2.71 (2.00,3.29)-45.250.52 (0.27,0.67)0.15 (0.11,0.18)-71.15

MesotheliomaMale0.51 (0.40,0.74)1.65 (1.29,2.14)223.530.12 (0.10,0.18)0.18 (0.14,0.23)50.00
Female0.62 (0.41,1.02)1.12 (0.72,1.44)80.650.14 (0.10,0.23)0.11 (0.07,0.14)-21.43
Both1.13 (0.86,1.59)2.77 (2.28,3.32)145.130.13 (0.10,0.19)0.14 (0.12,0.17)7.69