As of 2020, the age-standardized incidence rate of lung cancer among males worldwide was 31.5 per 100,000 population. At this time the incidence rate of lung cancer among males was highest in Polynesia. This statistic shows the age-standardized incidence rate of lung cancer worldwide as of 2020, by region and gender.
Incidence rates of lung cancer worldwide as of 2020, by region and gender
(per 100,000 population)
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International Agency for Research on Cancer, & Global Cancer Observatory. (December 1, 2020). Incidence rates of lung cancer worldwide as of 2020, by region and gender (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/527677/lung-cancer-incidence-rates-worldwide-region-gender/
International Agency for Research on Cancer, und Global Cancer Observatory. "Incidence rates of lung cancer worldwide as of 2020, by region and gender (per 100,000 population)." Chart. December 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/527677/lung-cancer-incidence-rates-worldwide-region-gender/
International Agency for Research on Cancer, Global Cancer Observatory. (2020). Incidence rates of lung cancer worldwide as of 2020, by region and gender (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/527677/lung-cancer-incidence-rates-worldwide-region-gender/
International Agency for Research on Cancer, and Global Cancer Observatory. "Incidence Rates of Lung Cancer Worldwide as of 2020, by Region and Gender (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/527677/lung-cancer-incidence-rates-worldwide-region-gender/
International Agency for Research on Cancer & Global Cancer Observatory, Incidence rates of lung cancer worldwide as of 2020, by region and gender (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/527677/lung-cancer-incidence-rates-worldwide-region-gender/ (last visited April 21, 2025)
Incidence rates of lung cancer worldwide as of 2020, by region and gender (per 100,000 population) [Graph], International Agency for Research on Cancer, & Global Cancer Observatory, December 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/527677/lung-cancer-incidence-rates-worldwide-region-gender/
