Figure 1Distribution standardized incidence rate of nasopharynx cancer in Asia in 2012 (extracted from GLOBALCAN). ASR = age-specific incidence and mortality rate.
Figure 2Standardized incidence and mortality rate of nasopharynx cancer in Asia in 2012 (extracted from GLOBALCAN). HDI = Human Development Index; LAO PDR = Laos People’s Democratic Republic.
Figure 3Distribution standardized mortality rate of nasopharynx cancer in Asia in 2012 (extracted from GLOBALCAN). HDI = Human Development Index.
Figure 4Correlation between HDI and standardized incidence rate of nasopharynx cancer in Asia in 2012. ASR = age-specific incidence and mortality rate.
Figure 5Correlation between HDI and standardized mortality rate of nasopharynx cancer in Asia in 2012. ASR = age-specific incidence and mortality rate.
Table 1Number and amount of standardized and crude incidence of nasopharynx cancer in Asian countries in 2012 (sorted by age-standardized incidence rate, from the highest to the lowest value).
Nasopharynx—estimated incidence, all ages: both sexes
|
Nasopharynx—estimated incidence, all ages: male
|
Nasopharynx—estimated incidence, all ages: female
|
Population |
No. |
Crude rate |
Age-world-standardized incidence rate (ASR(W)) |
Population |
No. |
Crude rate |
Age-world-standardized incidence rate (ASR(W)) |
Population |
No. |
Crude rate |
ASR (W) |
Malaysia |
2,030 |
6.9 |
7.2 |
Malaysia |
1,487 |
10.0 |
10.6 |
Malaysia |
543 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
Singapore |
473 |
9.0 |
6.4 |
Singapore |
353 |
13.3 |
9.7 |
Vietnam |
1,630 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
Indonesia |
13,084 |
5.3 |
5.6 |
Indonesia |
9,355 |
7.7 |
8.3 |
Singapore |
120 |
4.6 |
3.2 |
Vietnam |
4,931 |
5.5 |
5.4 |
Vietnam |
3,301 |
7.4 |
7.7 |
Indonesia |
3,729 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
Brunei |
15 |
3.6 |
5.0 |
Brunei |
12 |
5.8 |
7.6 |
Bhutan |
6 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
Myanmar |
1,148 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
Myanmar |
789 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
Brunei |
3 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Philippines |
1,738 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
Cambodia |
159 |
2.2 |
3.3 |
Myanmar |
359 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Bhutan |
14 |
1.9 |
2.2 |
Philippines |
1,199 |
2.5 |
3.2 |
Philippines |
539 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
Thailand |
1,867 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
Thailand |
1,328 |
3.9 |
3.2 |
Thailand |
539 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
China |
33,198 |
2.4 |
1.9 |
China |
23,581 |
3.3 |
2.7 |
China |
9,617 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
Cambodia |
220 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
Bhutan |
8 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
Yemen |
96 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
Lao PDR |
81 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
Lao PDR |
55 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
Lao PDR |
26 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
Yemen |
217 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
Timor-Leste |
7 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
Cambodia |
61 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
Saudi Arabia |
295 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
Yemen |
121 |
0.9 |
1.8 |
Saudi Arabia |
83 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
Korea, Democratic Republic of |
383 |
1.6 |
1.3 |
Korea, Democratic Republic of |
244 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
Korea, Democratic Republic of |
139 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
Timor-Leste |
9 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
Saudi Arabia |
212 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
Jordan |
19 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
Jordan |
51 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
Georgia |
46 |
2.3 |
1.7 |
Kuwait |
4 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
Turkey |
779 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
Nepal |
178 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
51 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
Nepal |
233 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
Turkey |
588 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
Turkey |
191 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Georgia |
57 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
Jordan |
32 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
Iraq |
56 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
138 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
Armenia |
19 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
Timor-Leste |
2 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
United Arab Emirates |
36 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
Kyrgyzstan |
25 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
Sri Lanka |
50 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
Iraq |
139 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
87 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
Nepal |
55 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
Qatar |
10 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
Lebanon |
23 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
140 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
Lebanon |
31 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
Korea, Republic of |
320 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
United Arab Emirates |
10 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
Korea, Republic of |
442 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
Israel |
38 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
Korea, Republic of |
122 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
418 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
Iraq |
83 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
Lebanon |
8 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
Israel |
53 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
United Arab Emirates |
26 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
Pakistan |
228 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
Kyrgyzstan |
28 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
Qatar |
9 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
Israel |
15 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
Armenia |
22 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
278 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
Georgia |
11 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
Pakistan |
795 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
State of Palestine |
10 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
Mongolia |
3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
Kuwait |
11 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
Pakistan |
567 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
Kazakhstan |
25 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
State of Palestine |
14 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
Azerbaijan |
34 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
Qatar |
1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
Kazakhstan |
75 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
Kazakhstan |
50 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
Uzbekistan |
26 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Azerbaijan |
42 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
India |
2,956 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Oman |
2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Sri Lanka |
95 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
Bangladesh |
322 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
Bahrain |
1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Oman |
9 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
Oman |
7 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
Bangladesh |
112 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
Mongolia |
8 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
Afghanistan |
51 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
India |
991 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
India |
3,947 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
Turkmenistan |
9 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
State of Palestine |
4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Bangladesh |
434 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
Mongolia |
5 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
Azerbaijan |
8 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Afghanistan |
66 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
Japan |
421 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
Afghanistan |
15 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
Turkmenistan |
11 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
Sri Lanka |
45 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
Armenia |
3 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
Uzbekistan |
64 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
Kuwait |
7 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
Kyrgyzstan |
3 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Bahrain |
4 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
Uzbekistan |
38 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
Turkmenistan |
2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Japan |
553 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
Bahrain |
3 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
Japan |
132 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
Tajikistan |
4 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Tajikistan |
4 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Maldives |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Maldives |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Maldives |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Tajikistan |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Table 2Number and amount of standardized and crude mortality of nasopharynx cancer in Asian countries in 2012 (sorted by age-standardized incidence rate, from the highest to the lowest value).
Nasopharynx—estimated mortality, all ages: both sexes
|
Nasopharynx—estimated mortality, all ages: female
|
Nasopharynx—estimated mortality, all ages: male
|
Population |
No. |
Crude rate |
Age-world-standardized incidence rate (ASR(W)) |
Population |
Number |
Crude rate |
Age-world-standardized incidence rate (ASR(W)) |
Population |
No. |
Crude rate |
ASR (W) |
Indonesia |
7,391 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
Indonesia |
5,283 |
4.3 |
5.0 |
Vietnam |
954 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
Vietnam |
2,885 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
Vietnam |
1,931 |
4.4 |
4.8 |
Indonesia |
2,108 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
Singapore |
218 |
4.1 |
2.8 |
Singapore |
168 |
6.3 |
4.4 |
Bhutan |
4 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
Malaysia |
698 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
Malaysia |
533 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
Singapore |
50 |
1.9 |
1.3 |
Brunei |
6 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
Brunei |
5 |
2.4 |
3.4 |
Malaysia |
165 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
Myanmar |
785 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
Myanmar |
538 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
Myanmar |
247 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
Bhutan |
8 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
Cambodia |
105 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
Yemen |
65 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
Cambodia |
144 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
Thailand |
793 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
Philippines |
272 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
Philippines |
873 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
Philippines |
601 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
Lao PDR |
16 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
Thailand |
1,114 |
1.6 |
1.3 |
Lao PDR |
35 |
1.1 |
1.7 |
Thailand |
321 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
Lao PDR |
51 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
Timor-Leste |
6 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
China |
5,686 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
China |
20,404 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
China |
14,718 |
2.1 |
1.7 |
Cambodia |
39 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
Yemen |
152 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
Yemen |
87 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
Jordan |
9 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
Timor-Leste |
8 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
Bhutan |
4 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
Timor-Leste |
2 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
Nepal |
164 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
Nepal |
125 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
Saudi Arabia |
38 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
Saudi Arabia |
136 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
Korea, Democratic Republic of |
148 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
Brunei |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Korea, Democratic Republic of |
215 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
Saudi Arabia |
98 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
29 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
Jordan |
22 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
Turkey |
300 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
Korea, Democratic Republic of |
67 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
Turkey |
397 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Georgia |
22 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
Nepal |
39 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
77 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
Kyrgyzstan |
14 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
Iraq |
32 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
Iraq |
82 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
48 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
Turkey |
97 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
Qatar |
4 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
Jordan |
13 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
Pakistan |
150 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Georgia |
27 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
Iraq |
50 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
72 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Pakistan |
532 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
Armenia |
10 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
Sri Lanka |
26 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Kyrgyzstan |
16 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
Qatar |
4 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
Afghanistan |
12 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
United Arab Emirates |
13 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
Pakistan |
382 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
United Arab Emirates |
3 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
214 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
Lebanon |
12 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
Oman |
1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Afghanistan |
54 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
State of Palestine |
6 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
Uzbekistan |
14 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
State of Palestine |
8 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
Afghanistan |
42 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
Bangladesh |
74 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Lebanon |
15 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
142 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
Kazakhstan |
12 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Armenia |
12 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
Korea, Republic of |
145 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
India |
742 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
India |
2,836 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
United Arab Emirates |
10 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
Georgia |
5 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
Bangladesh |
288 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
India |
2,094 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
Lebanon |
3 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Korea, Republic of |
185 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
Bangladesh |
214 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
Korea, Republic of |
40 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
Kazakhstan |
36 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Azerbaijan |
18 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
Azerbaijan |
4 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Azerbaijan |
22 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Kazakhstan |
24 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
State of Palestine |
2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Oman |
4 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
Turkmenistan |
5 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
Kyrgyzstan |
2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Sri Lanka |
49 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Mongolia |
4 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
Armenia |
2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Turkmenistan |
6 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
Oman |
3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
Turkmenistan |
1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
Mongolia |
5 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Israel |
9 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Mongolia |
1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Uzbekistan |
35 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
Uzbekistan |
21 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Japan |
90 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Japan |
324 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
Japan |
234 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
Israel |
1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Israel |
10 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Sri Lanka |
23 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Tajikistan |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Kuwait |
2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Kuwait |
2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Maldives |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Bahrain |
1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Bahrain |
1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Bahrain |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Tajikistan |
2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Tajikistan |
2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Qatar |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Maldives |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Maldives |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Kuwait |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Table 3Human Development Index (HDI) and its components in Asian countries in 2012.
|
Population |
HDI |
Life expectancy at birth |
Mean years of schooling |
GNI/capita |
Very high human development |
Japan |
0.912 |
83.6 |
11.6 |
32,545 |
Korea, Republic of |
0.909 |
80.7 |
11.6 |
28,231 |
Israel |
0.900 |
81.9 |
11.9 |
26,224 |
Singapore |
0.895 |
81.2 |
10.1 |
52,613 |
Brunei |
0.855 |
78.1 |
8.6 |
45,690 |
Qatar |
0.834 |
78.5 |
7.3 |
87,478 |
United Arab Emirates |
0.818 |
76.7 |
8.9 |
42,716 |
High human development |
Bahrain |
0.796 |
75.2 |
9.4 |
19,154 |
Kuwait |
0.790 |
74.7 |
6.1 |
52,793 |
Saudi Arabia |
0.782 |
74.1 |
7.8 |
22,616 |
Malaysia |
0.769 |
74.5 |
9.5 |
13,676 |
Kazakhstan |
0.754 |
67.4 |
10.4 |
10,451 |
Georgia |
0.745 |
73.9 |
12.1 |
5,005 |
Lebanon |
0.745 |
72.8 |
7.9 |
12,364 |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
0.742 |
73.2 |
7.8 |
10,695 |
Azerbaijan |
0.734 |
70.9 |
11.2 |
8,153 |
Oman |
0.731 |
73.2 |
5.5 |
24,092 |
Armenia |
0.729 |
74.4 |
10.8 |
5,540 |
Turkey |
0.722 |
74.2 |
6.5 |
13,710 |
Sri Lanka |
0.715 |
75.1 |
9.3 |
5,170 |
Medium human development |
Jordan |
0.700 |
73.5 |
8.6 |
5,272 |
China |
0.699 |
73.7 |
7.5 |
7,945 |
Turkmenistan |
0.698 |
65.2 |
9.9 |
7,782 |
Thailand |
0.690 |
74.3 |
6.6 |
7,722 |
Maldives |
0.688 |
77.1 |
5.8 |
7,478 |
Mongolia |
0.675 |
68.8 |
8.3 |
4,245 |
State of Palestine |
0.670 |
73.0 |
8.0 |
3,359 |
Philippines |
0.654 |
69.0 |
8.9 |
3,752 |
Uzbekistan |
0.654 |
68.6 |
10 |
3,201 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
0.648 |
76.0 |
5.7 |
4,674 |
Indonesia |
0.629 |
69.8 |
5.8 |
4,154 |
Kyrgyzstan |
0.622 |
68.0 |
9.3 |
2,009 |
Tajikistan |
0.622 |
67.8 |
9.8 |
2,119 |
Vietnam |
0.617 |
75.4 |
5.5 |
2,970 |
Iraq |
0.590 |
69.6 |
5.6 |
3,557 |
Timor-Leste |
0.576 |
62.9 |
4.4 |
5,446 |
India |
0.554 |
65.8 |
4.4 |
3,285 |
Cambodia |
0.543 |
63.6 |
5.8 |
2,095 |
Lao PDR |
0.543 |
67.8 |
4.6 |
2,435 |
Bhutan |
0.538 |
67.6 |
2.3 |
5,246 |
Low human development |
Bangladesh |
0.515 |
69.2 |
4.8 |
1,785 |
Pakistan |
0.515 |
65.7 |
4.9 |
2,566 |
Myanmar |
0.498 |
65.7 |
3.9 |
1,817 |
Nepal |
0.463 |
69.1 |
3.2 |
1,137 |
Yemen |
0.458 |
65.9 |
5.3 |
928 |
Afghanistan |
0.374 |
49.1 |
3.1 |
1,000 |
Other countries or territories |
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of |
— |
— |
— |
— |