The cancer type with the highest prevalence rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 was breast cancer, with 220.5 cases per 100,000 population. This was followed by breast cancer and prostate cancer, with prevalence rates of 213.1 and 175.8 cases per 100,000 population, respectively. That year, breast and prostate cancer were also the two cancer types with the highest mortality rates in the region.
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International Agency for Research on Cancer. (June 3, 2024). Cancer prevalence rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by cancer type (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/991233/latin-america-cancer-prevalence-rate-type/
International Agency for Research on Cancer. "Cancer prevalence rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by cancer type (per 100,000 population)." Chart. June 3, 2024. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/991233/latin-america-cancer-prevalence-rate-type/
International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2024). Cancer prevalence rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by cancer type (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/991233/latin-america-cancer-prevalence-rate-type/
International Agency for Research on Cancer. "Cancer Prevalence Rate in Latin America and The Caribbean in 2022, by Cancer Type (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/991233/latin-america-cancer-prevalence-rate-type/
International Agency for Research on Cancer, Cancer prevalence rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by cancer type (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/991233/latin-america-cancer-prevalence-rate-type/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Cancer prevalence rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by cancer type (per 100,000 population) [Graph], International Agency for Research on Cancer, June 3, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/991233/latin-america-cancer-prevalence-rate-type/