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.
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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 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 age-standardised rates (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 age-standardised rates
It is important to note that some countries have a high ASR but a low total number of cases, while others 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 |
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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 |
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