As of 2019, the age-standardized incidence rate for lung cancer in males was highest among the colored population group, with ***** cases reported per 100,000 population. This is a significant drop compared to 2018, which reported ***** incidences and ***** deaths per 100,000 population.
This is the latest data available on cancer-related deaths in South Africa.
The age-standardized mortality rate is a weighted average of the age-specific mortality rates per 100 000 persons, where the weights are the proportions of persons in the corresponding age groups of the WHO standard population (WHO. 2022).
The terms used to describe ethnicity are common and acceptable in South Africa.
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Statistics South Africa. (March 28, 2023). Age-standardized male lung cancer incidence rate in South Africa from 2009 to 2019 (per 100.000) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386966/age-standardized-male-lung-cancer-incidence-rate/
Statistics South Africa. "Age-standardized male lung cancer incidence rate in South Africa from 2009 to 2019 (per 100.000)." Chart. March 28, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386966/age-standardized-male-lung-cancer-incidence-rate/
Statistics South Africa. (2023). Age-standardized male lung cancer incidence rate in South Africa from 2009 to 2019 (per 100.000). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386966/age-standardized-male-lung-cancer-incidence-rate/
Statistics South Africa. "Age-standardized Male Lung Cancer Incidence Rate in South Africa from 2009 to 2019 (per 100.000)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386966/age-standardized-male-lung-cancer-incidence-rate/
Statistics South Africa, Age-standardized male lung cancer incidence rate in South Africa from 2009 to 2019 (per 100.000) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386966/age-standardized-male-lung-cancer-incidence-rate/ (last visited July 25, 2025)
Age-standardized male lung cancer incidence rate in South Africa from 2009 to 2019 (per 100.000) [Graph], Statistics South Africa, March 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386966/age-standardized-male-lung-cancer-incidence-rate/
