| World | Japan |
---|---|---|
Age-standardized incidence rate for cancer per 100,000 population, 2010 [37] | ||
 Prostate | 37.9 | 56.0a |
 Breast (female only) | 60.8 | 78.4a |
 Uterus | 22.0 | 28.1a |
 Cervix uteri | 11.2 | 14.2a |
 Corpus uteri | 10.4 | 13.5a |
 Ovary | 9.0 | 11.3a |
Estimated number of new cancer cases attributable to HPV infection, 2008 [11] | 610,000 | 11,000 |
Herpes simplex virus type 2, population aged 15–49 years, prevalence in millions [38] | 535.5 | 4.8 |
Cervical cancer screening, percentage women screened aged 20–69 years, 2009 [8] | 85.9 (United States) 78.7 (United Kingdom) 38.9 (Mexico)b | 24.5 |
Mammography screening, percentage of women aged 50–69 years screened, 2009 [8] | 81.1 (United States) 74.0 (United Kingdom) 16.6 (Mexico) | 23.8 |
Practicing medical doctors per 1000 population, 2009 [8] | 2.4 (United States) 2.7 (United Kingdom) 2.0 (Mexico) | 2.2 |
General practitioners, as a share (%) of total medical doctors, 2009 | 12.3 (United States) [8]c 27.1 (United Kingdom) [39]d 36.7 (Mexico) [8]c | 16.7–34.4 [39]d,e |
Doctor visits per year [18] | 3.9 (United States) 5.9 (United Kingdom) 2.8 (Mexico) | 13.2 |