世界范围的数据是2008年版本的:
1.肺癌发病率居世界第一,每年的总病例数为160万人,死亡人数为140万人,发病率为160万/世界总人口70.57亿=23/10万。Lung cancer accounts for 13% (1.6 million) of the total cases and 18% (1.4 million) of the deaths in 2008.
2.前列腺癌的发病率世界第二,每年的新发病例为903,500,每年死亡258,400。发病率=903,500/世界男性总人口70.57亿=25/10万人。Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer and the sixth leading cause of cancer-related death in men, accounting for 14% (903,500) of the total new cancer cases and 6% (258,400) of the total cancer deaths in males in 2008。