Figure 1. The incidence of lung cancer worldwide. (A) The age-standardized incidence rates of lung cancer in males using data from GLOBOCAN 2018. An increase in the incidence rate associated with lung cancer is seen in Micronesia, Polynesia, Central and Eastern Europe and East Asia and lowest in most of Africa; (B) the results published by GLOBOCAN 2018 on the age-standardized incidence rate of lung cancer in women. It is noted that the incidence of lung cancer in women is highest in North America, Northern Europe, Western Europe and Australia/New Zealand and lowest in most of Africa. ASR: age-standardized rate [3]

Note. Reprinted with permission from “Cancer Today” by IARC; c2018 (https://gco.iarc.fr/today/home). © IARC.