GLOBOCAN 2022
BREAST
Incidence Mortality
Rank Cases ASR (World) Rank Deaths ASR (World)
2 2 296 840 46.8 4 666 103 12.7
Cancer site ranking
Incidence Mortality
Lung Lung
Breast 2 296 840 Colorectum
Colorectum Liver
Prostate Breast 666 103
Breast (2nd)
Stomach Stomach
Liver Pancreas
Breast (4th)
Thyroid Oesophagus
Cervix uteri Prostate
Bladder Cervix uteri
NHL Leukaemia
Oesophagus NHL
Pancreas Brain CNS
Leukaemia Bladder
Kidney Ovary
Corpus uteri Lip, oral cavity
Lip, oral cavity Kidney
Melanoma Multiple myeloma
Ovary Larynx
Brain CNS Corpus uteri
Larynx Gallbladder
Multiple myeloma Nasopharynx
Gallbladder Melanoma
Nasopharynx Oropharynx
Oropharynx Thyroid
Hypopharynx Hypopharynx
Hodgkin lymphoma Mesothelioma
Testis Salivary glands
Salivary glands Hodgkin lymphoma
Vulva Vulva
Penis Kaposi sarcoma
Kaposi sarcoma Penis
Mesothelioma Testis
Vagina Vagina
0 1.0M 2.0M 3.0M 4.0M 0 500k 1.0M 1.5M 2.0M 2.5M
Number of new cases , both sexes, all ages Number of deaths , both sexes, all ages
Incidence Mortality Prevalence
Continent Cases Percent Continent Deaths Percent Continent Prev. cases Percent
Asia 985 817 42.9% Asia 315 309 47.3% Asia 3 197 043 39.1%
Europe 557 532 24.3% Europe 144 439 21.7% Europe 2 296 495 28.1%
Northern America 306 307 13.3% Africa 91 252 13.7% Northern America 1 332 343 16.3%
Latin America and the Caribbean 220 124 9.6% Latin America and the Caribbean 59 876 9.0% Latin America and the Caribbean 725 017 8.9%
Africa 198 553 8.6% Northern America 49 744 7.5% Africa 507 659 6.2%
Oceania 28 507 1.2% Oceania 5 483 0.82% Oceania 119 836 1.5%
Incidence, both sexes Mortality, both sexes 5-year prevalence, both sexes
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Incidence
71.1 –105.4 Not applicable
52.2 – 71.1 No data
39.2 –52.2
27.8 –39.2
4.6 –27.8
Age standardized (World) incidence rates, Breast, females, all ages
Mortality
19.3– 38.9 Not applicable
16.1– 19.3 No data
13.7– 16.1
11.2– 13.7
2.3 – 11.2
Age standardized (World) mortality rates, Breast, females, all ages
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Incidence Mortality Males Females
Australia-New Zealand Australia-New Zealand
Northern America Northern America
Northern Europe Northern Europe
France (105.4) France (105.4)
Western Europe Western Europe
Southern Europe Southern Europe
Polynesia Polynesia
Eastern Europe Eastern Europe
South America South America
Northern Africa Northern Africa
Caribbean Caribbean
Fiji (38.9)
Melanesia Melanesia
Southern Africa Southern Africa
Western Asia Western Asia
Micronesia Micronesia
South-Eastern Asia South-Eastern Asia
Western Africa Western Africa
Central America Central America
Eastern Asia Eastern Asia
Eastern Africa Eastern Africa
Middle Africa Middle Africa
South Central Asia South Central Asia
200 150 100 50 0 50 100 150 200 200 150 100 50 0 50 100 150 200
Age-standardized (World) incidence and mortality rates, both sexes, per regions Age-standardized (World) incidence rates per sex, per regions
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* includes non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC)
** NMSC included in other cancers
Age standardization using world population (see link)
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