In 2022, Uruguay had the highest age-standardized cancer incidence rate among men and women in Latin America and the Caribbean, with 322.3 and 253.2 new cases per 100,000 population, among men and women, respectively. That year, prostate cancer was the cancer type with the highest prevalence rate in Latin America.
Cancer incidence rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by gender
(per 100,000 population)
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International Agency for Research on Cancer. (June 3, 2024). Cancer incidence rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by gender (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/991410/latin-america-cancer-incidence-rate-gender/
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