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Disease burden rates by cancer types, World, 2017

Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) per 100,000 individuals from all cancer types.
DALYs measure the total burden of disease – both from years of life lost due to premature death and years lived with a disability. One DALY equals one lost year of
healthy life.

0100200300400500Tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer503.05Liver cancer253.56Stomach cancer235.94Colon and rectum cancer235.73Breast cancer216.29Esophageal cancer119.91Pancreatic cancer112.25Brain & nervous system cancer111.92Cervical cancer98.18Prostate cancer90.01Lip & oral cancer64.23Ovarian cancer57.11Bladder cancer45.26Gallbladder & biliary tract cancer43.22Kidney cancer41.14Larynx cancer39.89Uterine cancer26.27Nasopharynx cancer25.45Non-melanoma skin cancer16.64Thyroid cancer14.08Testicular cancer4.74

Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease

Note: To allow comparisons between countries and over time this metric is age-standardized.