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Rank |
Site |
Deaths registered |
Relative frequency |
Crude mortality rate |
| 1. |
Lung |
2,503 |
33.4% |
76.7 |
| 2. |
Liver |
1,119 |
14.9% |
34.3 |
| 3. |
Colorectum |
906 |
12.1% |
27.8 |
| 4. |
Stomach |
396 |
5.3% |
12.1 |
| 5. |
Nasopharynx |
305 |
4.1% |
9.3 |
| 6. |
Oesophagus |
289 |
3.9% |
8.9 |
| 7. |
Prostate |
231 |
3.1% |
7.1 |
| 8. |
Pancreas |
204 |
2.7% |
6.3 |
| 9. |
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma |
161 |
2.1% |
4.9 |
| 10. |
Leukaemia |
148 |
2.0% |
4.5 |
| |
All Sites |
7,497 |
100% |
229.7 |
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Rank |
Site |
Deaths registered |
Relative frequency |
Crude mortality rate |
| 1. |
Lung |
1,183 |
24.6% |
33.3 |
| 2. |
Colorectum |
708 |
14.7% |
19.9 |
| 3. |
Breast |
460 |
9.6% |
13.0 |
| 4. |
Liver |
387 |
8.0% |
10.9 |
| 5. |
Stomach |
239 |
5.0% |
6.7 |
| 6. |
Pancreas |
190 |
3.9% |
5.4 |
| 7. |
Ovary |
137 |
2.8% |
3.9 |
| 8. |
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma |
131 |
2.7% |
3.7 |
| 9. |
Cervix |
126 |
2.6% |
3.6 |
| 10. |
Leukaemia |
123 |
2.6% |
3.5 |
| |
All Sites |
4,813 |
100% |
135.6 |
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|
|
Rank |
Site |
Deaths registered |
Relative frequency |
Crude mortality rate |
| 1. |
Lung |
3,686 |
29.9% |
54.1 |
| 2. |
Colorectum |
1,614 |
13.1% |
23.7 |
| 3. |
Liver |
1,506 |
12.2% |
22.1 |
| 4. |
Stomach |
635 |
5.2% |
9.3 |
| 5. |
Breast |
464 |
3.8% |
6.8 |
| 6. |
Nasopharynx |
399 |
3.2% |
5.9 |
| 7. |
Pancreas |
394 |
3.2% |
5.8 |
| 8. |
Oesophagus |
364 |
3.0% |
5.3 |
| 9. |
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma |
292 |
2.4% |
4.3 |
| 10. |
Leukaemia |
271 |
2.2% |
4.0 |
| |
All Sites |
12,310 |
100% |
180.7 |
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| Note 1: All rates are expressed per 100,000 persons. |
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Note 2: Cancers of colon and rectum/anus are grouped together as "Cancer of coloretum". |
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| Source: Hong Kong Cancer Registry, Hospital Authority, 2005 |
