Table 1

The most frequent cancers in China by sex, 2016

Site	Overall			Men			Women
Site	Cases	Percentage (%)	Rank	Cases	Percentage (%)	Rank	Cases	Percentage (%)	Rank
All sites	4,064,000	100.0	–	2,234,300	100.0	–	1,829,600	100.0	–
Lung	828,100	20.4	1	549,800	24.6	1	278,300	15.2	2
Colon-rectum	408,000	10.0	2	238,500	10.7	4	169,500	9.3	3
Stomach	396,500	9.8	3	276,300	12.4	3	120,200	6.6	5
Liver	388,800	9.6	4	288,800	12.9	2	100,000	5.5	7
Female breast	306,000	7.5	5	–	–	–	306,000	16.7	1
Esophagus	252,500	6.2	6	184,500	8.3	5	68,000	3.7	10
Thyroid	202,600	5.0	7	50,000	2.2	12	152,600	8.3	4
All other sites	173,600	4.3	8	90,900	4.1	6	82,700	4.5	8
Cervix	119,300	2.9	9	–	–	–	119,300	6.5	6
Brain, CNS	109,000	2.7	10	50,500	2.3	11	58,500	3.2	11
Pancreas	100,400	2.5	11	57,000	2.6	9	43,400	2.4	13
Lymphoma	89,900	2.2	12	51,600	2.3	10	38,300	2.1	14
Leukemia	85,800	2.1	13	49,400	2.2	13	36,400	2.0	15
Bladder	82,300	2.0	14	64,200	2.9	8	18,000	1.0	18
Prostate	78,300	1.9	15	78,300	3.5	7	–	–	–
Kidney	75,800	1.9	16	48,000	2.1	14	27,800	1.5	17
Uterus	71,100	1.7	17	–	–	–	71,100	3.9	9
Ovary	57,200	1.4	18	–	–	–	57,200	3.1	12
Gallbladder	55,700	1.4	19	26,400	1.2	17	29,300	1.6	16
Lip, oral, cavity, and pharynx	52,200	1.3	20	36,200	1.6	16	16,100	0.9	19
Nasopharynx	52,000	1.3	21	37,400	1.7	15	14,700	0.8	20
Bone	25,800	0.6	22	14,900	0.7	19	10,900	0.6	21
Larynx	25,700	0.6	23	23,500	1.1	18	2,200	0.1	24
Other thoracic organs	13,100	0.3	24	7,600	0.3	20	5,500	0.3	22
Melanoma of skin	7,000	0.2	25	3,500	0.2	21	3,500	0.2	23
Testis	3,400	0.1	26	3,400	0.2	22	–	–

Cancer incidence and mortality in China, 2016¹.