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Table 10 Estimated global site-specific cancer incidence-to-mortality rate ratios by sex

From: Global and regional estimates of cancer mortality and incidence by site: II. results for the global burden of disease 2000

Site

Male

Female

Mouth and oropharynx

1.20

1.57

Oesophagus

1.05

1.05

Stomach

1.15

1.19

Colon and rectum

1.69

1.75

Liver

1.01

1.06

Pancreas

1.02

1.01

Trachea, bronchus, and lung

1.07

1.10

Melanoma of the skin

3.37

2.93

Breast

 

2.19

Cervix uteri

 

1.91

Corpus uteri

 

4.45

Ovary

 

1.70

Prostate

2.08

 

Bladder

2.21

2.01

Lymphomas and multiple myeloma

1.40

1.51

Leukaemia

1.35

1.44

Other malignant neoplasms

1.49

1.63

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