In 2022, trachea, bronchus, and lung were the cancer sites with the highest mortality rate in the EU, with 54.2 deaths per 100,000 population. Other cancer sites with high mortality rate were prostate, breast, and colorectum, with 36.3, 34.1, and 32.4 deaths per 100,000 population, respectively. This statistic depicts the estimated mortality rate in the EU in 2022, by cancer site.
Estimated mortality rate due to cancer in the EU in 2022, by cancer site*
(per 100,000 population)
Characteristic
Age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000 population
Release data represents the date figures were accessed.
*The mortality rate depicted is the age-standardized rate (ASR - European 2013): a weighted mean of the age-specific rates where the weights are taken from the population distribution of a standard population. The ASR is expressed per 100,000.
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European Commission. (June 11, 2024). Estimated mortality rate due to cancer in the EU in 2022, by cancer site* (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1441414/cancer-mortality-rate-eu-by-site/
European Commission. "Estimated mortality rate due to cancer in the EU in 2022, by cancer site* (per 100,000 population)." Chart. June 11, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1441414/cancer-mortality-rate-eu-by-site/
European Commission. (2024). Estimated mortality rate due to cancer in the EU in 2022, by cancer site* (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1441414/cancer-mortality-rate-eu-by-site/
European Commission. "Estimated Mortality Rate Due to Cancer in The Eu in 2022, by Cancer Site* (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1441414/cancer-mortality-rate-eu-by-site/
European Commission, Estimated mortality rate due to cancer in the EU in 2022, by cancer site* (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1441414/cancer-mortality-rate-eu-by-site/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Estimated mortality rate due to cancer in the EU in 2022, by cancer site* (per 100,000 population) [Graph], European Commission, June 11, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1441414/cancer-mortality-rate-eu-by-site/
