Table 2

Leading causes of death in China by sex, 2016

Site	Overall			Men			Women
Site	Deaths	Percentage (%)	Rank	Deaths	Percentage (%)	Rank	Deaths	Percentage (%)	Rank
All sites	2,413,500	100.0	–	1,530,700	100.0	–	882,800	100.0	–
Lung	657,000	27.2	1	454,700	29.7	1	202,300	22.9	1
Liver	336,400	13.9	2	249,600	16.3	2	86,800	9.8	3
Stomach	288,500	12.0	3	200,200	13.1	3	88,400	10.0	2
Colon–rectum	195,600	8.1	4	114,500	7.5	5	81,000	9.2	4
Esophagus	193,900	8.0	5	142,300	9.3	4	51,600	5.8	6
All other sites	93,400	3.9	6	53,500	3.5	6	39,900	4.5	7
Pancreas	87,900	3.6	7	49,800	3.3	7	38,100	4.3	8
Female breast	71,700	3.0	8	–	–	–	71,700	8.1	5
Brain, CNS	58,500	2.4	9	32,600	2.1	9	25,900	2.9	11
Leukemia	55,700	2.3	10	32,400	2.1	10	23,200	2.6	12
Lymphoma	51,500	2.1	11	31,000	2.0	11	20,500	2.3	14
Gallbladder	41,400	1.7	12	19,500	1.3	14	22,000	2.5	13
Cervix	37,200	1.5	13	–	–	–	37,200	4.2	9
Bladder	33,700	1.4	14	26,200	1.7	12	7,500	0.9	18
Prostate	33,600	1.4	15	33,600	2.2	8	–	–	–
Ovary	27,200	1.1	16	–	–	–	27,200	3.1	10
Kidney	26,900	1.1	17	17,100	1.1	16	9,800	1.1	16
Nasopharynx	26,700	1.1	18	19,700	1.3	13	7,000	0.8	19
Lip, oral, cavity, and pharynx	25,800	1.1	19	18,900	1.2	15	6,900	0.8	20
Bone	18,400	0.8	20	10,700	0.7	18	7,700	0.9	17
Uterus	17,100	0.7	21	–	–	–	17,100	1.9	15
Larynx	14,300	0.6	22	12,500	0.8	17	1,700	0.2	23
Thyroid	8,300	0.3	23	3,100	0.2	20	5,200	0.6	21
Other thoracic organs	6,800	0.3	24	4,300	0.3	19	2,500	0.3	22
Melanoma of skin	3800	0.2	25	2,100	0.1	21	1,700	0.2	24
Testis	900	0.0	26	900	0.1	22	–	–	–

Cancer incidence and mortality in China, 2016¹.