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. 2002 Dec 26;2:37. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-2-37

Table 11.

Estimated global and regional number of new cases (thousands) and incidence rate (per 100,000) of all cancers by age, both sexes, 2000

Age group

Region 0–4 5–14 15–29 30–44 45–59 60–69 70–79 80+ Total
Number of new cases (000s)
World 136.8 96.5 360.1 923.3 2459.3 2641.4 2514.5 1160.2 10292.1
AfrD 12.5 4.6 24.7 41.9 87.6 90.8 74.5 31.9 368.6
AfrE 12.8 4.9 33.8 49.1 99.2 102.4 81.0 31.9 415.1
AmrA 3.0 3.3 22.7 110.4 306.3 308.4 404.2 176.4 1334.8
AmrB 10.0 8.5 31.5 76.1 150.8 137.5 127.6 69.2 611.1
AmrD 2.9 2.6 7.5 15.6 28.5 23.8 22.7 11.9 115.5
EmrB 3.5 4.3 8.8 15.7 28.4 24.0 20.5 7.9 113.2
EmrD 5.4 4.7 9.3 20.0 28.2 19.9 15.1 4.4 106.9
EurA 2.7 3.6 23.8 96.6 323.0 421.1 531.4 322.2 1724.3
EurB1 2.1 2.2 11.0 33.8 91.6 105.0 84.4 27.1 357.2
EurB2 0.6 1.2 3.7 8.4 11.7 14.0 8.7 1.9 50.2
EurC 2.6 3.5 18.0 60.8 172.9 222.9 180.5 46.1 707.3
SearB 8.8 7.5 18.9 65.1 138.9 103.9 67.6 26.7 437.5
SearD 39.6 24.2 85.1 111.0 277.0 317.7 208.4 110.8 1173.9
WprA 0.9 0.9 6.8 25.7 108.2 133.0 153.0 107.7 536.1
WprB1 26.9 18.3 47.7 176.3 575.8 593.2 516.0 170.3 2124.4
WprB2 2.5 2.0 6.6 15.6 29.5 22.9 18.2 13.6 110.8
WprB3 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.2 1.9 0.9 0.5 0.2 5.2

Age-specific incidence rate per 100,000
World 22.6 8.1 23.0 72.4 305.6 781.8 1276.6 1830.7 170.4
AfrD 22.9 5.2 26.8 78.9 310.4 866.4 1554.9 2834.8 110.4
AfrE 22.3 5.2 36.3 94.3 371.8 1070.3 1812.2 2975.0 123.0
AmrA 14.4 7.5 36.4 150.7 532.9 1356.3 2232.0 1994.7 433.0
AmrB 21.9 9.5 25.4 82.0 279.1 676.3 1103.7 1842.4 138.2
AmrD 30.8 15.1 36.5 123.3 406.3 881.5 1623.0 2921.2 162.0
EmrB 21.4 12.3 21.4 62.2 213.6 494.3 793.5 1206.4 81.1
EmrD 28.9 14.2 23.8 78.2 205.5 401.7 619.9 728.7 77.5
EurA 12.4 7.5 29.6 102.1 412.5 1008.3 1681.0 2406.4 421.6
EurB1 17.0 8.5 25.3 95.7 349.8 826.0 1056.8 1355.2 215.4
EurB2 10.5 9.7 26.6 81.0 254.7 577.3 674.1 560.0 98.7
EurC 20.6 10.3 32.4 109.7 403.0 901.9 1125.9 1048.5 288.5
SearB 21.4 9.3 16.8 77.4 297.8 575.8 776.5 1142.3 110.9
SearD 24.4 7.9 22.9 42.4 182.7 544.1 738.9 1521.0 87.1
WprA 10.9 5.8 22.1 86.1 334.2 808.6 1361.9 2273.3 360.0
WprB1 26.1 7.8 14.0 52.3 278.2 728.1 1193.0 1475.8 156.5
WprB2 16.6 6.3 15.8 51.7 210.3 378.2 572.8 1565.2 78.0
WprB3 11.7 7.7 21.6 93.3 271.0 364.6 422.9 1174.1 76.4