Table 2.
Age-standardized (world population) mortality rates and annual average deaths from selected cancer sites and all cancer combined per 100 000 person-years in 2005–2007 and 2015–2017 (unless indicated) for both sexes, along with the corresponding change in rates (Δ%) in the selected Southern African countries
| Cancer site | Men | Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASMR 2005–2007 | Annual average deaths 2015–2017a | ASMR 2015–2017a | Δ% 2015–2017 vs. 2005–2007 | ASMR 2005–2007 | Annual average deaths 2015–2017a | ASMR 2015–2017a | Δ% 2015–2017 vs. 2005–2007 | |
| The Republic of South Africa | ||||||||
| Stomach | 5.06 | 749 | 4.32 | −14.6 | 2.68 | 512 | 2.10 | −21.6 |
| Colorectum | 8.11 | 1466 | 8.60 | 6.0 | 5.44 | 1377 | 5.74 | 5.5 |
| Pancreas | 4.25 | 750 | 4.32 | 1.6 | 3.11 | 725 | 3.08 | −1.0 |
| Lung | 21.68 | 3746 | 20.78 | −4.2 | 7.83 | 1852 | 7.71 | −1.5 |
| Breast | 0.42 | 57 | 0.36 | −14.3 | 13.20 | 3297 | 13.41 | 1.6 |
| Uterus | - | - | - | - | 15.63 | 4171 | 16.47 | 5.4 |
| Ovary | - | - | - | - | 3.11 | 776 | 3.14 | 1.0 |
| Prostate | 19.26 | 3033 | 23.00 | 19.4 | - | - | - | - |
| Bladder | 2.62 | 415 | 2.77 | 5.7 | 0.81 | 179 | 0.77 | −4.9 |
| Leukemias | 2.87 | 609 | 3.23 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 447 | 1.82 | −9.0 |
| All cancers | 122.32 | 20 710 | 120.82 | −1.2 | 87.34 | 21 032 | 85.23 | −2.4 |
| The Republic of Mauritius | ||||||||
| Stomach | 9.34 | 48 | 6.08 | −34.9 | 4.51 | 32 | 3.10 | −31.3 |
| Colorectum | 9.61 | 88 | 10.93 | 13.7 | 6.85 | 78 | 7.60 | 10.9 |
| Pancreas | 3.94 | 36 | 4.46 | 13.2 | 2.23 | 28 | 2.75 | 23.3 |
| Lung | 15.30 | 115 | 14.27 | −6.7 | 5.12 | 44 | 4.39 | −14.3 |
| Breast | 0.66 | 1 | 0.22 | −66.7 | 13.11 | 188 | 19.88 | 51.6 |
| Uterus | - | - | - | - | 8.31 | 72 | 7.30 | −12.2 |
| Ovary | - | - | - | - | 2.94 | 41 | 4.45 | 51.4 |
| Prostate | 8.03 | 68 | 8.80 | 9.6 | - | - | - | - |
| Bladder | 3.18 | 22 | 2.81 | −11.6 | 0.49 | 7 | 0.69 | 40.8 |
| Leukemias | 3.22 | 26 | 3.47 | 7.8 | 2.67 | 20 | 2.23 | −16.5 |
| All cancers | 85.72 | 644 | 80.86 | −5.7 | 64.62 | 690 | 71.30 | 10.3 |
| Réunion | ||||||||
| Stomach | 10.90 | 37 | 6.05 | −44.5 | 5.23 | 23 | 2.69 | −48.6 |
| Colorectum | 11.02 | 95 | 15.21 | 38.0 | 8.20 | 67 | 8.99 | 9.6 |
| Pancreas | 4.63 | 39 | 6.24 | 34.8 | 3.33 | 28 | 3.62 | 8.7 |
| Lung | 27.31 | 149 | 24.33 | −10.9 | 4.80 | 47 | 6.36 | 32.5 |
| Breast | 0.55 | 1 | 0.16 | −70.9 | 10.25 | 75 | 10.62 | 3.6 |
| Uterus | - | - | - | - | 5.23 | 41 | 5.60 | 7.1 |
| Ovary | - | - | - | - | 1.85 | 24 | 3.05 | 64.9 |
| Prostate | 13.21 | 64 | 10.14 | −23.2 | - | - | - | - |
| Bladder | 3.27 | 15 | 2.26 | −30.9 | 0.70 | 7 | 0.73 | 4.3 |
| Leukemias | 4.61 | 23 | 3.68 | −20.2 | 2.28 | 23 | 3.10 | 36.0 |
| All cancers | 135.94 | 702 | 114.04 | −16.1 | 67.67 | 487 | 63.96 | −5.5 |
ASMR, age-standardized mortality rate.
a
2015 for The Republic of South Africa and 2015–2016 for Réunion.