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Cancer 5-Year Survival Rates by Age in Japan, 2019

In December, National Cancer Center reported the cancer 5-year survaival rates. The following data show the 5-year survaival rates for cancers by age/stage. The research period is 5 years from 2010/2011.

Table: Cancer 5-Year Survival Rates by Age/Stage in Japan (unit: %)

Stomach cancer
Age Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
>= 39 97.9 79.5 60.4 8.2
40s 98.0 79.2 53.2 10.2
50s 96.6 78.2 52.0 11.8
60s 95.3 76.5 52.4 10.1
70s 93.3 64.4 45.4 8.9
80 =< 94.4 48.8 29.3 4.9
Total 94.7 67.6 45.7 8.9
Colorectal cancer
Age Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
>= 39 97.7 93.3 81.4 21.6
40s 98.3 91.4 80.7 25.7
50s 96.1 91.9 82.5 23.8
60s 95.1 90.6 81.0 21.3
70s 95.0 87.7 74.8 17.0
80 =< 93.7 84.4 65.1 8.2
Total 95.1 88.5 76.6 18.5
Lung cancer
Age Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
>= 39 97.0 - 44.3 15.1
40s 94.4 66.5 46 10.3
50s 92.9 62.8 35.7 8.1
60s 86.9 58.8 28.9 6.6
70s 79.3 41.6 19.8 5.0
80 =< 70.1 29.3 9.5 2.1
Total 81.6 46.7 22.6 5.2
         

Source is National Cancer Center. がん診療連携拠点病院等院内がん登録 2013年3年生存率、2010から11年5年生存率公表
特別集計:患者年齢・病期別の生存率

www.ncc.go.jp/jp/information/pr_release/2019/1214-02/index.html

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Top 10 Causes of Death in Japan by Gender, 2018

Last week I reported the top 10 causes of deaths in Japan in 2018, this time I report the top 10 causes of deaths in Japan by gender.

Table 1: Men's Top 10 Causes of Death in Japan, 2018

Rank Cause Cause Number of deaths
1 悪性新生物 Malignant neoplasm 218,625
2 心疾患 Cardiac disease 98,035
3 脳血管疾患 Cerebrovascular disease 52,398
4 肺炎 Pneumonia 52,158
5 老衰 Senility 28,200
6 不慮の事故 Accident 23,675
7 誤嚥性肺炎 Aspiration pneumonitis 21,652
8 慢性閉塞性肺疾患 COPD 15,324
9 自殺 Suicide 13,851
10 腎不全 Renal failure 13,230
    Others 161,990
    Total 699,138
       

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Table 2: Women's Top 10 Causes of Death in Japan, 2018

Rank Cause Cause Number of deaths
1 悪性新生物 Malignant neoplasm 154,959
2 心疾患 Cardiac disease 110,186
3 老衰 Senility 81,405
4 脳血管疾患 Cerebrovascular disease 55,788
5 肺炎 Pneumonia 42,503
6 不慮の事故 Accident 17,563
7 誤嚥性肺炎 Aspiration pneumonitis 16,808
8 血管性等の認知症 Vascular dementia 13,144
9 腎不全 Renal failure 12,851
10 アルツハイマー Alzheimer's disease 12,437
    Others 145,688
    Total 663,332
       

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Top 10 Causes of Death in Japan, 2018

On November 28th, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reported the number of demographic data in 2018. According to it, top 10 causes of death in 2018 are the below. Senility moved up to the 3rd place from 4th. Suicide moved down to the 10th place from 9th.

Table: Top 10 Causes of Death in Japan, 2018

Rank Cause Cause Cause Number of deaths in 2018
1 悪性新生物 Malignant neoplasm Cancer 373,584
2 心疾患 Cardiac disease Heart disease 208,221
3 老衰 Senility Die of old age 109,605
4 脳血管疾患 Cerebrovascular disease Brain vessel damage 108,186
5 肺炎 Pneumonia Lung disease 94,661
6 不慮の事故 Freak accident Accident 41,238
7 誤嚥性肺炎 Aspiration pneumonitis Aspiration 38,460
8 腎不全 Renal failure Kidney disease 26,081
9 血管性等の認知症 Vascular dementia Dementia (vessel type) 20,521
10 自殺 Suicide Suicide 20,031
     Others Others 321,882
    Total Total 1,362,470
         

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Source is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. 人口動態調査

www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/jinkou/kakutei18/index.html

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