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Endometrial cancer statistics

Endometrial (sometimes known as womb or uterine) cancer is the 15th most common cancer among women worldwide. It is the 6th most common cancer in women.

Womb or endometrial

Latest endometrial cancer data

There were 420,368 new cases of endometrial cancer in 2022. The tables below give information about the countries with the highest rates, incidence and mortality from endometrial cancer.

Endometrial cancer age-standardised rates

Age-standardised rates (ASR) are a summary measure of the rate of disease that a population would have if it had a standard age structure. Standardisation is necessary when comparing populations that differ with respect to age because age has a powerful influence on the risk of developing/dying from cancer.

It is important to note that some countries have a high ASR but a low total number of cases, while other have a low ASR but a high number of cases. This is because ASRs are reported per 100,000 people. So, for example, an ASR of 10 in a population of 100,000 = 10 cases of cancer, but an ASR of 1 in a population of 10 million = 100 cases.

The following table gives the top 5 countries by ASR for endometrial cancer incidence in 2022.

Country New cases 2022 ASR
Samoa 22 26.2
Jamaica 494 25.4
Barbados 70 24.9
Belarus 2,295 24.3
US 66,055 22.5

Endometrial cancer incidence (cases)

China, the US and Russia had the highest number of endometrial cancer cases in 2022.

The following table shows the 10 countries with the highest endometrial cancer incidence in 2022. We have also included the ASRs for each of these countries.

Rank Country New cases 2022 ASR/100,000
World 420,368 8.4
1 China 77,722 6.8
2 US 66,055 22.5
3 Russia 29,852 20.6
4 Japan 18,338 14.8
5 India 17,240 2.5
6 Brazil 12,616 8.2
7 Germany 11,767 10.8
8 UK 10,440 14.8
9 Italy 10,202 14.4
10 France (metropolitan) 9,760 12.1

Endometrial cancer deaths

China, the US and India had the highest number of deaths from endometrial cancer in 2022.

The following table shows the 10 countries with the highest number of endometrial cancer deaths among women in 2022. We have also included the ASRs for each of these countries.

Rank Country Number ASR/100,000
World 97,723 1.7
1 China 13,511 1.1
2 US 11,939 3.1
3 India 6,845 0.96
4 Russia 6,756 3.7
5 Japan 3.630 1.9
6 Brazil 3,333 2.0
7 France (metropolitan) 2,841 2.4
8 UK 2,695 2.7
9 Germany 2,531 1.8
10 Italy 2,457 2.2