Angola

Source: Globocan 2018

Number of new cases in 2018, both sexes, all ages Geography

Cervix uteri
2 949 (18.5%)

Other cancers
7 462 (46.8%) Breast
2 158 (13.5%)

Prostate
2 016 (12.6%)

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Colorectum

631 (4%) 733 (4.6%)

Total: 15 949

Number of new cases in 2018, males, all ages Numbers at a glance

Total population

30 774 204
Prostate
2 016 (30%)

Liver
382 (5.7%)
Other cancers Number of new cases
Colorectum
3 379 (50.2%)

15 949
374 (5.6%)

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
339 (5%)

Number of deaths
Lip, oral cavity

10 569
241 (3.6%)

Total: 6 731

Number of new cases in 2018, females, all ages

Number of prevalent cases (5-year)

Other cancers
Cervix uteri
29 278
2 949 (32%)
3 195 (34.7%)
Data source and methods
Ovary
265 (2.9%) Incidence
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Country-specific data source: No data
292 (3.2%) Method: No data: the rates are those of neighbouring
countries or registries in the same area

Colorectum Breast Mortality

359 (3.9%) 2 158 (23.4%)
Country-specific data source: No data
Total: 9 218
Method: Estimated from national incidence estimates by
modelling, using incidence:mortality ratios derived from
Summary statistic 2018
cancer registry data in neighbouring countries

Males Females Both sexes Prevalence

Population 15 094 515 15 679 689 30 774 204 Computed using sex-; site- and age-specific incidence to
1-;3- and 5-year prevalence ratios from Nordic countries for
Number of new cancer cases 6 731 9 218 15 949
the period (2000-2009), and scaled using Human
Age-standardized incidence rate (World) 107.3 109.5 107.0
Development Index (HDI) ratios.
Risk of developing cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 11.5 11.6 11.5
Number of cancer deaths 4 646 5 923 10 569
Age-standardized mortality rate (World) 78.9 76.0 76.1
Risk of dying from cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 8.1 8.4 8.2
5-year prevalent cases 11 301 17 977 29 278
Top 5 most frequent cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer Prostate Cervix uteri Cervix uteri
(ranked by cases) Liver Breast Breast
Colorectum Colorectum Prostate
Non-Hodgkin Non-Hodgkin Colorectum
lymphoma lymphoma Non-Hodgkin
Lip, oral cavity Ovary lymphoma

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Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence by cancer site

New cases Deaths 5-year prevalence (all ages)

Cancer Number Rank (%) Cum.risk Number Rank (%) Cum.risk Number Prop.
Cervix uteri 2 949 1 18.5 4.02 1 987 1 18.8 3.06 5 825 37.15
Breast 2 158 2 13.5 2.75 1 138 3 10.8 1.51 4 464 28.47
Prostate 2 016 3 12.6 4.70 1 151 2 10.9 2.30 3 211 21.27
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 631 4 4.0 0.34 404 6 3.8 0.26 1 294 4.20
Liver 581 5 3.6 0.41 547 4 5.2 0.39 621 2.02
Leukaemia 429 6 2.7 0.24 349 8 3.3 0.23 927 3.01
Lung 413 7 2.6 0.42 408 5 3.9 0.42 399 1.30
Stomach 394 8 2.5 0.34 357 7 3.4 0.31 507 1.65
Colon 378 9 2.4 0.35 270 11 2.6 0.25 629 2.04
Lip, oral cavity 353 10 2.2 0.29 299 10 2.8 0.26 676 2.20
Oesophagus 337 11 2.1 0.32 317 9 3.0 0.31 321 1.04
Ovary 265 12 1.7 0.35 212 12 2.0 0.32 509 3.25
Bladder 261 13 1.6 0.25 168 13 1.6 0.16 508 1.65
Rectum 258 14 1.6 0.22 142 17 1.3 0.13 452 1.47
Kaposi sarcoma 233 15 1.5 0.10 130 20 1.2 0.05 474 1.54
Melanoma of skin 221 16 1.4 0.20 139 18 1.3 0.13 452 1.47
Kidney 201 17 1.3 0.10 118 21 1.1 0.07 503 1.63
Larynx 193 18 1.2 0.19 147 14 1.4 0.15 369 1.20
Multiple myeloma 170 19 1.1 0.17 147 15 1.4 0.15 289 0.94
Brain, nervous system 160 20 1.0 0.08 131 19 1.2 0.08 326 1.06
Pancreas 155 21 0.97 0.15 143 16 1.4 0.13 109 0.35
Corpus uteri 142 22 0.89 0.24 81 23 0.77 0.14 319 2.03
Hodgkin lymphoma 117 23 0.73 0.04 51 27 0.48 0.03 272 0.88
Salivary glands 104 24 0.65 0.09 83 22 0.79 0.08 177 0.58
Vulva 102 25 0.64 0.15 23 30 0.22 0.04 242 1.54
Thyroid 98 26 0.61 0.08 20 32 0.19 0.02 236 0.77
Anus 97 27 0.61 0.09 68 24 0.64 0.06 177 0.58
Penis 92 28 0.58 0.13 34 28 0.32 0.05 184 1.22
Nasopharynx 77 29 0.48 0.05 54 26 0.51 0.04 177 0.58
Oropharynx 70 30 0.44 0.07 62 25 0.59 0.07 151 0.49
Vagina 49 31 0.31 0.07 21 31 0.20 0.03 95 0.61
Gallbladder 36 32 0.23 0.03 26 29 0.25 0.02 36 0.12
Testis 30 33 0.19 0.03 13 34 0.12 0.02 84 0.56
Hypopharynx 16 34 0.10 0.02 16 33 0.15 0.02 18 0.06
Mesothelioma 11 35 0.07 0.01 11 35 0.10 0.01 13 0.04
All cancer sites 15 949 - - 11.49 10 569 - - 8.19 29 278 95.14

Age-standardized (World) incidence rates per sex, top 10 cancers

Males Females

Prostate 41.0

Cervix uteri 36.1

Breast 25.3

Liver 5.2 2.3

Lung 4.2 2.6

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 3.6 2.8

Stomach 3.5 2.5
Oesophagus 3.6 1.7
Lip, oral cavity 3.8 1.5
Colorectum 2.7 2.6

50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50
ASR (World) per 100 000

Age-standardized (World) incidence and mortality rates, top 10 cancers

Incidence Mortality

Prostate 41.0 25.2

Cervix uteri 36.1 26.2

Breast 25.3 14.1

Colorectum 5.3 3.6

Liver 3.6 3.5

Lung 3.4 3.3

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 3.2 2.3
Ovary 3.1 2.7
Stomach 2.9 2.7
Lip, oral cavity 2.6 2.3

50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50
ASR (World) per 100 000

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