Click on the country below to see the lymphoma statistics for that country
U.S.A |
Canada |
European Union |
England |
Austalia |
Japan |
World |
The following chart is taken from the American Cancer Society U.S. This chart indicates estimated of new cases and deaths in the United States for the year 2016 the various blood malignancies. The link below gives the same numbers for all types of cancers. For 2016 the numbers were not available for male and female separately.
The source for detailed these cancer statistics is the National Cancer Institute SEER database. (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results)
http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/nhl.html
Click on "Cancer Statistics Review" From there click on "Contents of CSR", and you will get a link to every kind of cancer
Click here for more detailed NHL only statistics
Type of Cancer | Total Cases |
Total Deaths | ||||
Lymphoma | 81,080 | 22,270 | ||||
Hodgkin's Disease | 8,500 | 1,120 | ||||
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
72,580 | 20,150 | ||||
Leukaemia | 60,140 | 24,400 | ||||
The following chart is taken from the Canadian Cancer Society and indicates estimated new cases and deaths in Canada for the year 2015.
Canadian incidence and deaths from NHL
Additional information from Health Canada
Type of Cancer | Total Cases |
Male | Female | Total Deaths | Male | Female |
Lymphoma | 9,200 | 5,040 | 4,160 | |||
Hodgkin's Disease | 1,000 | 540 | 460 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
8,200 | 4,500 | 3,700 | 2,700 | 1,450 | 1,200 |
Multiple myeloma | 2,700 | 1,500 | 1,150 | 1,400 | 740 | 640 |
Leukaemia | 6,200 | 3,500 | 2,700 | 2,700 | 1,550 | 1,150 |
European and world cancer statistics are available from the Cancer Mondial web site, which is an exceptional resource for world wide statistics. The Globocan database is the one that gives worldwide statistics.
Use their Globocan database to see cancer statistics for every country in the world, or their WHO database to see the European Union statistics. Below are their statistics from 2002, but their website at the link above has more recent data (but hard to navigate).
NHL Cases | NHL deaths | |||||
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
European Union | 28043 | 24397 | 52440 | 13285 | 12621 | 25906 |
Austria | 484 | 491 | 975 | 252 | 248 | 500 |
Belgium | 687 | 620 | 1307 | 344 | 316 | 660 |
Denmark | 371 | 347 | 718 | 223 | 185 | 408 |
Finland | 419 | 441 | 860 | 215 | 230 | 445 |
France | 4471 | 3904 | 8375 | 2225 | 1987 | 4212 |
Germany | 5203 | 4976 | 10179 | 2501 | 2759 | 5260 |
Greece | 361 | 344 | 705 | 144 | 134 | 278 |
Ireland | 248 | 233 | 481 | 145 | 122 | 267 |
Italy | 5906 | 4919 | 10825 | 2390 | 2285 | 4675 |
Luxembourg | 30 | 20 | 50 | 17 | 15 | 32 |
The Netherlands | 1098 | 969 | 2067 | 597 | 551 | 1148 |
Portugal | 722 | 508 | 1230 | 304 | 218 | 522 |
Spain | 2812 | 2207 | 5019 | 1097 | 1068 | 2165 |
Sweden | 716 | 626 | 1342 | 451 | 376 | 827 |
United Kingdom | 4515 | 3792 | 8307 | 2380 | 2127 | 4507 |
The table and links above give you the statistics for the United Kingdom, but if you would like to review the England only statistics here is the link. It takes you to the Office for National Statistics for Cancer statistics in England and/or the United Kingdom.
England / United Kingdom cancer statistics
The chart below is taken from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare published in 2012
All health publications from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Type of Cancer | Total Cases |
Male | Female | Total Deaths | Male | Female |
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
4,890 | 2,620 | 2,270 | 1,293 | 781 | 512 |
The chart below is taken from the Japanese National Cancer Centre for the year 2014. Below are English and Japanese links to the information.
Type of Cancer | Total Cases |
Male | Female | Total Deaths | Male | Female |
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
27,900 | 15,300 | 12,600 | 11,000 | 6,100 | 4,900 |