Table 2.

Cancer mortality and incidence rates by age and gender in the MENA Region, 2019

	Incidence per 100,000	Morality per 100,000
Rate (95% Uncertainty Interval))	11.65 (9.96,13.24)	4.82 (4.04,5.47)
Distribution by age group in total incidence and mortality rate (%)
Less than 1 year	10.28	8.77
1–4	20.72	17.26
5–9	22.26	24.69
10–14	20.31	22.50
15–19	26.43	26.78
Share of children (0–9 years)	53.26	50.72
Share of adolescents (10–19 years)	46.74	49.28
Distribution by gender in total incidence and mortality rate (%)
Male	54.38	55.45
Female	45.62	44.54