Table 2 The age-standardized rate and number of esophageal cancer cases in the world, East Asia and Pacific, China, Japan, and South Korea in 2017, by sex

8.87 (8.55–9.16)

3.32 (3.17–3.47)

13.78 (13.05–14.51)

5.16 (4.79–5.51)

17.40 (16.30–18.50)

7.41 (6.80–8.01)

10.74 (10.12–11.34)

1.60 (1.50–1.70)

6.72 (5.79–7.76)

0.53 (0.46–0.60)

330,904 (319,159–341,987)

141,621 (135,089–147,968)

197,115 (186,163–207,760)

81,957 (76,083–87,598)

162,467 (152,103–172,885)

72,156 (66,266–78,056)

16,026 (15,074–16,918)

3,176 (3,000–3,350)

2,551 (2,174–2,962)

250 (218–285)

8.43 (8.15–8.70)

2.93 (2.81–3.05)

12.86 (12.19–13.52)

4.21 (3.94–4.48)

16.84 (15.83–17.83)

6.07 (5.61–6.53)

6.84 (6.54–7.15)

0.99 (0.95–1.04)

4.58 (4.03–5.15)

0.34 (0.31–0.38)

310,733 (300,244–320,551)

125,226 (120,125–130,421)

181,557 (171,845–190,879)

66,852 (62,553–71,159)

154,391 (144,950–163,636)

58,196 (53,819–62,609)

10,611 (10,140–11,098)

2,196 (2,097–2,294)

1,698 (1,491–1,913)

167 (149–187)

184.27 (178.31–190.06)

60.96 (58.50–63.42)

266.85 (252.56–280.08)

78.05 (73.05–83.17)

341.20 (320.24–361.65)

107.60 (99.66–115.88)

141.11 (134.56–147.82)

20.43 (19.41–21.55)

89.47 (78.25–100.97)

6.28 (5.55–7.05)

7,189,349 (6,956,383–7,415,160)

2,588,422 (2,483,936–2,693,257)

4,017,901 (3,801,341–4,219,275)

1,244,966 (1,165,297–1,327,324)

3,388,242 (3,176,038–3,594,450)

1,076,738 (997,302–1,160,383)

195,357 (186,788–204,307)

32,090 (30,489–33,731)

36,117 (31,521–40,880)

2,870 (2,535–3,214)