Ranking of cancer by number of disability-adjusted life years in 2017
Data extracted from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2017
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| Rank |
Cancer |
DALYs (x103) |
| 1 | Lung | 40900 |
| 2 | Liver | 20800 |
| 3 | Stomach | 19100 |
| 4 | Colorectal | 19000 |
| 5 | Breast | 17700 |
| 6 | Leukemia | 12000 |
| 7 | Head and neck | 10600 |
| 8 | Esophageal | 9780 |
| 9 | Pancreatic | 9080 |
| 10 | Brain | 8740 |
| 11 | Cervical | 8060 |
| 12 | Prostate | 7060 |
| 13 | Non-Hodgkin | 7020 |
| 14 | Ovarian | 4670 |
| 15 | Bladder | 3600 |
| 16 | Gallbladder | 3480 |
| 17 | Kidney | 3280 |
| 18 | Skin | 2980 |
| 19 | Multiple myeloma | 2330 |
| 20 | Uterine | 2140 |
| 21 | Hodgkin's | 1380 |
| 22 | Thyroid | 1130 |
| 23 | Mesothelioma | 671 |
| 24 | Testicular | 375 |