Senegal

Source: Globocan 2020

Number of new cases in 2020, both sexes, all ages Geography

Cervix uteri
1 937 (17.1%)

Other cancers
5 002 (44.2%)
Breast
1 817 (16.1%)

Liver
1 084 (9.6%)

Stomach Prostate
597 (5.3%) 880 (7.8%)

Total: 11 317

Number of new cases in 2020, males, all ages Numbers at a glance

Total population
Prostate

16 743 930
880 (21.5%)

Other cancers
1 831 (44.8%) Number of new cases
Liver

11 317
623 (15.3%)

Stomach
305 (7.5%)

Number of deaths
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Colorectum

7 893
166 (4.1%) 280 (6.9%)

Total: 4 085

Number of new cases in 2020, females, all ages

Number of prevalent cases (5-year)

Other cancers
Cervix uteri
1 937 (26.8%)
19 738
2 411 (33.3%)

Data source and methods

Stomach
292 (4%) Incidence
Colorectum Country-specific data source: No data
314 (4.3%) Method: No data: the rates are those of neighbouring
countries or registries in the same area
Breast
Liver 1 817 (25.1%)
Mortality
461 (6.4%)
Country-specific data source: No data
Total: 7 232 Method: Estimated from national incidence estimates by
modelling, using incidence:mortality ratios derived from
Summary statistic 2020
cancer registry data in neighbouring countries

Males Females Both sexes Prevalence

Population 8 170 785 8 573 145 16 743 930 Computed using sex-; site- and age-specific incidence to
Number of new cancer cases 4 085 7 232 11 317 1-;3- and 5-year prevalence ratios from Nordic countries for
the period (2006-2015), and scaled using Human
Age-standardized incidence rate (World) 105.2 132.4 119.5
Development Index (HDI) ratios.
Risk of developing cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 11.0 13.9 12.6
Number of cancer deaths 3 024 4 869 7 893
Age-standardized mortality rate (World) 81.0 93.5 87.4
Risk of dying from cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 8.4 10.3 9.5
5-year prevalent cases 6 551 13 187 19 738
Top 5 most frequent cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer Prostate Cervix uteri Cervix uteri
(ranked by cases) Liver Breast Breast
Stomach Liver Liver
Colorectum Colorectum Prostate
Non-Hodgkin Stomach Stomach
lymphoma

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Source: Globocan

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. (per 100 000)
Cervix uteri 1 937 1 17.1 4.09 1 312 1 16.6 3.09 3 543 41.33
Breast 1 817 2 16.1 3.37 951 3 12.0 1.89 3 523 41.09
Liver 1 084 3 9.6 1.42 1 059 2 13.4 1.40 1 243 7.42
Prostate 880 4 7.8 3.06 504 5 6.4 1.53 1 403 17.17
Stomach 597 5 5.3 0.83 532 4 6.7 0.75 829 4.95
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 312 6 2.8 0.27 210 8 2.7 0.21 630 3.76
Colon 293 7 2.6 0.38 211 7 2.7 0.27 485 2.90
Bladder 283 8 2.5 0.38 159 12 2.0 0.23 512 3.06
Ovary 248 9 2.2 0.50 178 9 2.3 0.42 465 5.42
Rectum 230 10 2.0 0.27 167 10 2.1 0.21 403 2.41
Lung 229 11 2.0 0.31 215 6 2.7 0.30 263 1.57
Brain, central nervous system 198 12 1.7 0.18 167 11 2.1 0.17 389 2.32
Lip, oral cavity 177 13 1.6 0.22 114 15 1.4 0.14 333 1.99
Kidney 165 14 1.5 0.11 110 17 1.4 0.09 423 2.53
Oesophagus 160 15 1.4 0.21 151 14 1.9 0.20 176 1.05
Pancreas 160 16 1.4 0.24 155 13 2.0 0.23 150 0.90
Leukaemia 145 17 1.3 0.11 114 16 1.4 0.10 312 1.86
Corpus uteri 117 18 1.0 0.34 38 23 0.48 0.11 253 2.95
Thyroid 108 19 0.95 0.12 45 20 0.57 0.06 235 1.40
Hodgkin lymphoma 82 20 0.72 0.07 39 22 0.49 0.05 189 1.13
Anus 71 21 0.63 0.09 53 18 0.67 0.07 123 0.73
Kaposi sarcoma 69 22 0.61 0.06 41 21 0.52 0.03 139 0.83
Salivary glands 59 23 0.52 0.08 38 24 0.48 0.07 128 0.76
Multiple myeloma 59 24 0.52 0.09 50 19 0.63 0.08 101 0.60
Melanoma of skin 54 25 0.48 0.10 23 27 0.29 0.05 108 0.65
Larynx 52 26 0.46 0.09 37 25 0.47 0.07 92 0.55
Vulva 39 27 0.34 0.09 23 28 0.29 0.06 88 1.03
Gallbladder 33 28 0.29 0.05 30 26 0.38 0.04 41 0.24
Vagina 28 29 0.25 0.05 17 30 0.22 0.03 52 0.61
Nasopharynx 28 30 0.25 0.03 20 29 0.25 0.02 63 0.38
Oropharynx 18 31 0.16 0.02 12 31 0.15 0.02 32 0.19
Testis 14 32 0.12 0.01 6 33 0.08 0.00 26 0.32
Mesothelioma 7 33 0.06 0.01 7 32 0.09 0.01 13 0.08
Hypopharynx 5 34 0.04 0.00 4 34 0.05 0.00 2 0.01
Penis 5 35 0.04 0.00 2 35 0.03 0 9 0.11
All cancer sites 11 317 - - 12.63 7 893 - - 9.49 19 738 117.9

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

Males Females

Cervix uteri 36.3

Breast 31.8

Prostate 28.7

Liver 16.0 9.3

Stomach 8.5 6.0

Colorectum 7.4 6.2

Bladder 3.7 2.7

Lung 4.1 1.5

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 3.1 2.2

Ovary 4.4

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

Cervix uteri 36.3 26.0

Breast 31.8 17.3

Prostate 28.7 17.2

Liver 12.2 12.0

Stomach 7.0 6.3

Colorectum 6.7 5.1

Ovary 4.4 3.4

Bladder 3.1 1.8

Lung 2.6 2.5

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2.6 1.9

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

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