Cancer Incidence Characteristic Evolution Based on the National Cancer Registry in Taiwan
Table 2
Top 10 cancers in Taiwan by sex between 1988 and 2016.
Sex
Rank
1988–1992
1993–1997
1998–2002
Cancer (ICD-O)
ASRw
%
Years
Cancer (ICD-O)
ASRw
%
Years
Cancer (ICD-O)
ASRw
%
Years
Male
1
Liver (155)
30.52
10.11
56.83
Liver (155)
38.73
17.56
58.48
Liver (155)
55.16
18.98
59.70
2
Lung (162)
26.30
8.55
64.51
Lung (162)
32.10
14.68
66.40
Lung (162)
39.97
14.06
68.13
3
Colorectum (153–154)
19.83
6.44
61.35
Colorectum (153–154)
26.92
12.30
63.28
Colorectum (153–154)
36.66
12.76
64.95
4
Stomach (151)
19.50
6.22
63.91
Stomach (151)
18.95
8.59
65.75
Oral cavity and pharynx
26.44
9.26
52.43
5
Oral cavity and pharynx
10.86
3.56
53.83
Oral cavity and pharynx
17.42
7.92
52.81
Stomach (151)
19.71
6.91
67.37
6
Bladder (188)
7.04
2.22
64.48
Bladder (188)
10.64
4.75
72.14
Bladder (188)
17.46
6.23
73.23
7
Esophagus (150)
5.90
1.90
62.82
Esophagus (150)
8.69
3.91
65.63
Esophagus (150)
10.79
3.76
67.32
8
Prostate (185)
6.33
1.85
70.97
Prostate (185)
7.00
3.12
62.91
Prostate (185)
8.97
3.08
60.93
9
Skin (173)
4.11
1.34
60.24
Skin (173)
5.53
2.51
62.61
Skin (173)
8.14
2.82
64.49
10
Leukemia
3.48
1.24
38.21
Leukemia
4.45
2.09
41.16
Leukemia
5.57
1.88
46.14
Female
1
Cervix uteri (180)
26.27
7.95
53.18
Breast (174)
28.99
17.03
49.53
Breast (174)
39.32
18.62
50.57
2
Breast (174)
20.95
6.54
49.05
Cervix uteri (180)
26.82
15.37
53.78
Colorectum (153–154)
28.99
13.00
63.96
3
Colorectum (153–154)
16.76
4.81
60.20
Colorectum (153–154)
22.54
12.24
62.30
Cervix uteri (180)
23.69
11.01
55.22
4
Lung (162)
11.91
3.37
62.14
Lung (162)
14.85
7.99
63.96
Liver (155)
21.81
9.61
64.62
5
Stomach (151)
9.31
2.71
59.22
Stomach (151)
13.76
7.44
62.36
Lung (162)
19.55
8.73
65.57
6
Liver (155)
8.72
2.52
59.61
Liver (155)
10.01
5.51
61.58
Stomach (151)
10.19
4.60
63.74
7
Thyroid gland (193)
4.39
1.50
42.08
Thyroid gland (193)
6.43
3.95
43.08
Thyroid gland (193)
8.51
4.04
44.00
8
Ovary (183)
4.11
1.31
47.23
Ovary (183)
5.28
3.09
18.16
Skin (173)
7.24
3.25
64.87
9
Skin (173)
3.60
1.04
59.97
Skin (173)
5.20
2.83
62.41
Ovary (183)
6.63
3.08
49.83
10
Leukemia
2.67
0.89
34.80
Leukemia
3.94
2.22
52.26
Corpus uteri (182)
5.73
2.61
52.86
Sex
Rank
2003–2007
2008–2012
2013–2016
Cancer (ICD-O)
ASRw
%
Years
Cancer (ICD-O)
ASRw
%
Years
Cancer (ICD-O)
ASRw
%
Years
Male
1
Liver (155)
56.99
17.82
61.14
Liver (155)
54.03
15.59
62.46
Colorectum (153-154)
52.63
15.71
65.92
2
Lung (162)
42.65
13.82
69.16
Colorectum (153-154)
52.02
15.23
65.88
Liver (155)
47.56
14.01
63.46
3
Colorectum (153-154)
43.02
13.67
65.82
Lung (162)
45.14
13.44
69.28
Lung (162)
44.23
13.33
68.34
4
Oral cavity and pharynx
34.57
11.06
52.71
Oral cavity and pharynx
41.40
11.95
54.08
Oral cavity and pharynx
42.72
12.27
55.79
5
Prostate
21.29
7.03
73.61
Prostate (185)
28.49
8.46
73.47
Prostate (185)
29.72
8.96
72.81
6
Stomach
17.16
5.60
68.36
Stomach (151)
15.55
4.71
68.93
Esophagus (150)
14.44
4.26
58.67
7
Esophagus (150)
11.34
3.60
59.13
Esophagus (150)
13.58
3.98
58.19
Stomach (151)
13.48
4.17
69.35
8
Bladder (188)
10.60
3.43
68.28
Skin (173)
10.66
3.20
68.43
Skin (173)
11.62
3.57
70.34
9
Skin (173)
9.00
2.89
66.16
Bladder (188)
9.51
2.85
69.53
Bladder (188)
9.03
2.78
69.91
10
Leukemia
7.52
2.22
53.02
Non-hodgkin lymphoma
8.01
2.27
60.87
Non-hodgkin lymphoma
8.47
2.42
62.18
Female
1
Breast (174)
49.70
21.61
51.89
Breast (174)
63.14
23.89
53.65
Breast (174)
71.91
25.26
54.99
2
Colorectum (153-154)
32.14
13.89
64.84
Colorectum (153-154)
36.13
14.40
65.68
Colorectum (153-154)
35.74
13.98
66.12
3
Liver (155)
22.17
9.66
66.72
Lung (162)
25.48
10.16
66.22
Lung (162)
28.62
11.18
65.86
4
Lung (162)
21.70
9.40
66.17
Liver (155)
21.85
8.64
68.78
Liver (155)
18.80
7.48
69.77
5
Cervix uteri (180)
15.20
6.61
56.36
Thyroid gland (193)
13.45
4.75
47.37
Thyroid gland (193)
17.29
5.49
48.97
6
Stomach (151)
9.34
4.08
65.20
Cervix uteri (180)
11.07
4.26
57.47
Corpus uteri (182)
13.48
4.81
55.18
7
Thyroid gland (193)
9.46
3.98
46.35
Corpus uteri (182)
10.94
4.18
54.05
Skin (173)
8.59
3.57
71.68
8
Skin (173)
7.72
3.37
67.29
Stomach (151)
8.69
3.51
66.67
Cervix uteri (180)
8.72
3.12
57.83
9
Corpus uteri (182)
7.72
3.34
52.99
Skin (173)
8.43
3.47
70.14
Ovary (183)
9.09
3.03
52.75
10
Ovary (183)
7.36
3.12
51.17
Ovary (183)
8.31
3.04
51.77
Stomach (151)
7.50
2.99
67.78
ASRw: age-standardized rate for the world population expressed as the number of incident cases per 100,000 individuals. %: the percentage of specific cancer incident cases in all incident cases. Years: the mean age of specific cancer incident cases. Oral caves and pharynx: the cancers of oral cavity and pharynx are classified to 140–146, 148–149.
