The cancer type with the highest age-standardized mortality rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 was prostate cancer with 13.9 deaths per 100,000 population. Breast cancer ranked second, with a mortality rate of 13.2 people per 100,000 population. In that year, breast cancer was the cancer type with the highest prevalence in the region.
Cancer mortality rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by cancer type
(per 100,000 population)
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Cancer mortality rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by cancer type (per 100,000 population) [Graph], International Agency for Research on Cancer, June 3, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/991207/latin-america-cancer-death-rate-type/
