Among genders, it found that men are at a higher risk of cancer than women.
The common sites of cancer in men are the lungs, mouth, oesophagus, stomach and liver. Overall lung cancer comprises 10.6% of the total cancer cases in the country followed by breast cancer, oesophagus, mouth and stomach.
More than 40% of the total cancer burden was contributed by the seven leading cancer sites — lung (10.6%), breast (10.5%), esophagus (5.8%), mouth (5.7%), stomach (5.2%), liver (4.6%), and cervix uteri (4.3%), the study says.