Table 1.

Cancer-related deaths, rate, and PYLL in both men and women (year 2017).

Cancer sites	Death counts			Mortality rate			PYLL			PYLL per death
	Count	%count	Rank	ASR^a	ASR%	Rank	Years	%	Rank	Years	Rank
Lung and bronchus	145,849	24.3	1	36.7	24.0	1	891,313	20.8	1	9.9	39
Colon and rectum	52,547	8.8	2	13.5	8.8	2	409,538	9.6	2	13.3	17
Pancreas	44,011	7.3	3	11.1	7.3	3	282,886	6.6	4	10.6	37
Breast	42,510	7.1	4	11	7.2	4	400,643	9.4	3	14.5	11
Prostate	30,486	5.1	5	7.8	5.1	5	85,979	2.0	14	7.6	45
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct	27,104	4.5	6	6.6	4.3	6	229,777	5.4	5	11.9	26
Leukemia	23,527	3.9	7	6.2	4.1	7	173,629	4.1	7	14.7	9
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	20,459	3.4	8	5.3	3.5	8	113,792	2.7	9	11.5	27
Brain and other nervous system	16,804	2.8	9	4.4	2.9	9	221,026	5.2	6	17.3	7
Urinary bladder	16,657	2.8	10	4.3	2.8	10	59,566	1.4	20	9.1	42
Esophagus	15,321	2.6	11	3.8	2.5	11	120,895	2.8	8	11.4	29
Ovary	14,193	2.4	12	3.6	2.4	12	113,695	2.7	10	12.4	21
Kidney and renal pelvis	13,959	2.3	13	3.6	2.4	13	101,928	2.4	11	12.0	25
Myeloma	12,322	2.1	14	3.2	2.1	14	60,873	1.4	19	9.6	40
Stomach	11,158	1.9	15	2.9	1.9	15	95,950	2.2	12	14.0	15
Corpus and uterus, NOS	10,994	1.8	16	2.7	1.8	16	83,930	2.0	15	11.3	31
Oral cavity and pharynx	10,126	1.7	17	2.5	1.6	17	90,344	2.1	13	12.8	18
Melanoma of the skin	8,056	1.3	18	2.1	1.4	18	69,183	1.6	17	14.1	13
Soft tissue including heart	4,970	0.8	19	1.3	0.9	19	68,555	1.6	18	19.4	5
Cervix uteri	4,207	0.7	20	1.2	0.8	20	73,014	1.7	16	20.7	4
Nonmelanoma skin	4,042	0.7	21	1	0.7	21	21,457	0.5	23	11.5	28
Larynx	3,708	0.6	22	0.9	0.6	22	29,742	0.7	22	11.4	30
Gallbladder	2,195	0.4	23	0.6	0.4	23	14,212	0.3	25	11.1	33
Thyroid	1,892	0.3	24	0.5	0.3	24	12,818	0.3	27	12.1	23
Other biliary	1,843	0.3	25	0.5	0.3	25	10,863	0.3	31	10.7	36
Bones and joints	1,725	0.3	26	0.5	0.3	26	31,193	0.7	21	26.4	2
Small intestine	1,682	0.3	27	0.4	0.3	27	12,238	0.3	28	12.5	20
Other digestive organs	1,471	0.2	28	0.4	0.3	28	10,257	0.2	32	12.2	22
Vulva	1,262	0.2	29	0.3	0.2	29	6,738	0.2	34	11.3	32
Anus, anal canal, and anorectum	1,169	0.2	30	0.3	0.2	30	11,671	0.3	29	13.9	16
Other endocrine including thymus	1,076	0.2	31	0.3	0.2	31	20,971	0.5	24	25.2	3
Hodgkin lymphoma	1,009	0.2	32	0.3	0.2	32	11,580	0.3	30	18.1	6
Peritoneum, omentum, and mesentery	1,008	0.2	33	0.3	0.2	33	6,268	0.1	35	11.0	34
Other female genital organs	897	0.1	34	0.2	0.1	34	7,031	0.2	33	12.1	24
Nose, nasal cavity, and middle ear	579	0.1	35	0.2	0.1	35	5,428	0.1	36	14.6	10
Other urinary organs	493	0.1	36	0.1	0.1	36	2,020	0.0	42	9.5	41
Ureter	435	0.1	37	0.1	0.1	37	1,215	0.0	43	8.0	44
Testis	425	0.1	38	0.1	0.1	38	13,448	0.3	26	34.0	1
Vagina	411	0.1	39	0.1	0.1	39	2,157	0.1	41	10.9	35
Penis	352	0.1	40	0.1	0.1	40	2,828	0.1	38	14.1	14
Eye and orbit	331	0.1	41	0.1	0.1	41	3,096	0.1	37	14.2	12
Pleura	319	0.1	42	0.1	0.1	42	1,102	0.0	44	8.0	43
Trachea, mediastinum, and other respiratory organs	291	0.0	43	0.1	0.1	43	2,760	0.1	39	15.2	8
Retroperitoneum	289	0.0	44	0.1	0.1	44	2,464	0.1	40	12.8	19
Other male genital organs	68	0.0	45	0.0	0.0	45	416	0.0	45	10.1	38

Note: Cancer sites sorted by largest to smallest counts in total death counts in men and women.
Abbreviations: ASR, age-standardized rate; NOS, not otherwise specified.
↵^aMortality rate: per 100,000.