Table 2 New and prevalent maternal orphans in 2020 due to cancer deaths by 14 major cancers and the rest of the cancers (by total number, number per 100 cancer deaths in women, number per 100,000 children and the ages of orphans)
From: Global and regional estimates of orphans attributed to maternal cancer mortality in 2020
Cancer deaths in women in 2020 (all ages) | New maternal orphans due to cancer in 2020 | Prevalent maternal orphans due to cancer in 2020 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Average age at cancer death (years)a | No. | Percent of total | No. per 100 cancer deaths in women | No. per 100,000 children | Age distribution (years, row %) | No. | Percent of total | No. per 100,000 children | Age distribution (years, row %) | |||||
<5 | 5–9 | 10–17 | <5 | 5–9 | 10–17 | ||||||||||
All cancer deaths | 4,404,419 | 56 | 1,047,178 | 100 | 24 | 40 | 11 | 21 | 68 | 7,048,905 | 100 | 272 | 4 | 16 | 79 |
By cancer-related death | |||||||||||||||
Breast | 682,288 | 55 | 257,561 | 24.6 | 38 | 9.9 | 11 | 22 | 67 | 1,724,459 | 24.5 | 66.6 | 4.2 | 16.4 | 79.4 |
Cervical | 340,841 | 53 | 209,857 | 20.0 | 62 | 8.1 | 11 | 21 | 68 | 1,392,226 | 19.8 | 53.7 | 4.1 | 16.1 | 79.8 |
Upper gastrointestinal | 955,243 | 58 | 135,962 | 13.0 | 14 | 5.2 | 9 | 19 | 72 | 841,825 | 11.9 | 32.5 | 3.7 | 14.8 | 81.5 |
Hematological | 305,860 | 53 | 81,879 | 7.8 | 27 | 3.2 | 16 | 24 | 59 | 657,219 | 9.3 | 25.4 | 5.7 | 19.2 | 75.1 |
Other female-specific | 328,930 | 57 | 63,054 | 6.0 | 19 | 2.4 | 9 | 19 | 72 | 395,339 | 5.6 | 15.3 | 3.8 | 15.1 | 81.1 |
Lower gastrointestinal | 415,944 | 58 | 53,172 | 5.1 | 13 | 2.1 | 11 | 21 | 69 | 347,937 | 4.9 | 13.4 | 4.1 | 16 | 79.8 |
Respiratory | 610,696 | 60 | 50,580 | 4.8 | 8 | 2.0 | 7 | 16 | 77 | 280,060 | 4.0 | 10.8 | 3.1 | 13.1 | 83.9 |
Brain and nervous system | 112,711 | 53 | 34,704 | 3.3 | 31 | 1.3 | 15 | 23 | 62 | 265,564 | 3.8 | 10.3 | 5.3 | 18.3 | 76.4 |
Head and Neck | 112,849 | 56 | 34,643 | 3.3 | 31 | 1.3 | 11 | 20 | 69 | 232,844 | 3.3 | 9.0 | 4.1 | 15.6 | 80.3 |
Genitourinary | 116,709 | 59 | 12,750 | 1.2 | 11 | 0.5 | 11 | 20 | 69 | 82,075 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 16.1 | 79.7 |
Skin cancer | 50,598 | 56 | 9,355 | 0.9 | 18 | 0.4 | 11 | 21 | 69 | 78,360 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 7.1 | 22.7 | 70.2 |
Kaposi Sarcoma | 5,149 | 37 | 9,009 | 0.9 | 175 | 0.3 | 22 | 30 | 48 | 62,205 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 16 | 79.8 |
Thyroid | 27,657 | 57 | 5,171 | 0.5 | 19 | 0.2 | 12 | 21 | 67 | 35,859 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 16.9 | 78.4 |
Other | 338,944 | 54 | 89,482 | 8.5 | 26.4 | 3.5 | 14 | 23 | 63 | 652,934 | 9.3 | 25.2 | 5.2 | 18.1 | 76.7 |
