Cancer Res Treat.  2013 Mar;45(1):1-14.

Cancer Statistics in Korea: Incidence, Mortality, Survival and Prevalence in 2010

Affiliations
  • 1The Korea Central Cancer Registry, Division of Cancer Registration and Surveillance, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea. astra67@ncc.re.kr
  • 2National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE
This article gives an overview of nationwide cancer statistics, including incidence, mortality, survival and prevalence, and their trends in Korea based on 2010 cancer incidence data.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Incidence data from 1993 to 2010 were obtained from the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database, and vital status was followed until 31 December 2011. Mortality data from 1983 to 2010 were obtained from Statistics Korea. Crude and age-standardized rates for incidence, mortality, prevalence, and relative survival were calculated.
RESULTS
In total, 202,053 cancer cases and 72,046 cancer deaths occurred during 2010, and 960,654 prevalent cancer cases were identified in Korea as of 1 January 2011. The incidence of all cancers combined showed an annual increase of 3.3% from 1999 to 2010. The incidences of liver and cervical cancers have decreased while those of thyroid, breast, prostate and colorectal cancers have increased. Notably, thyroid cancer, which is the most common cancer in Korea, increased by 24.2% per year rapidly in both sexes. The mortality of all cancers combined showed a decrease by 2.7% annually from 2002 to 2010. Five-year relative survival rates of patients who were diagnosed with cancer from 2006 to 2011 had improved by 22.9% compared with those from 1993 to 1995.
CONCLUSION
While the overall cancer incidence in Korea has increased rapidly, age-standardized cancer mortality rates have declined since 2002 and survival has improved.

Keyword

Incidence; Mortality; Survival; Prevalence; Neoplasms; Korea

MeSH Terms

Breast
Colorectal Neoplasms
Humans
Incidence
Korea
Liver
Prevalence
Prostate
Survival Rate
Thyroid Gland
Thyroid Neoplasms

Figure

  • Fig. 1 Annual age-standardized cancer incidence and death rates for all sites during 1983-2010 in Korea by sex. Age standardization was based on the world standard population.

  • Fig. 2 Trends in age-standardized incidences of selected cancers during 1999-2010 in Korea by sex. Age standardization was based on the world standard population. (A) Male. (B) Female.

  • Fig. 3 Age-specific incidence rates of major cancers during 2010 in Korea. (A) Male. (B) Female.

  • Fig. 4 Annual age-standardized mortalities of selected cancers during 1983-2010 in Korea by sex. Age standardization was based on the world standard population. (A) Male. (B) Female.

  • Fig. 5 Numbers of prevalent cases for major cancer sites on January 1, 2011 in Korea by time since diagnosis.


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