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Cancer deaths by type, World, 2017

Total annual number of deaths from cancers across all ages and both sexes, broken down by cancer type.

0200,000400,000600,000800,0001 million1.2 million1.4 million1.6 million1.8 millionTracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer1.88 millionColon and rectum cancer896,040Stomach cancer864,989Liver cancer819,435Breast cancer611,625Pancreatic cancer441,083Esophageal cancer435,959Prostate cancer415,910Leukemia347,583Cervical cancer259,671Brain and nervous system cancer247,143Bladder cancer196,546Lip and oral cavity cancer193,696Ovarian cancer175,982Gallbladder and biliary tract cancer173,974Kidney cancer138,526Larynx cancer126,471Other pharynx cancer117,412Multiple myeloma107,114Other cancers102,920Uterine cancer85,239Nasopharynx cancer69,550Non-melanoma skin cancer65,097Malignant skin melanoma61,665Thyroid cancer41,235Hodgkin lymphoma32,560Testicular cancer7,662

Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (GBD)

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