Table 1.
Cancer group | ||||||||||||||||||
Lip, oral cavity and pharynx | Cervix | Prostate | Hodgkin lymphoma | non-Hodgkin lymphoma | Multiple myeloma | Leukaemia | Other cancers1 | Cardiovascular disease | ||||||||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Males | 64 | (73) | 0 | (0) | 66 | (100) | 46 | (55) | 45 | (56) | 52 | (55) | 92 | (45) | 45 | (47) | 45 | (45) |
Females | 24 | (27) | 53 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 37 | (45) | 35 | (44) | 42 | (45) | 111 | (55) | 50 | (53) | 56 | (55) |
Age <35 yrs | 6 | (7) | 15 | (28) | 0 | (0) | 33 | (40) | 22 | (28) | 5 | (5) | 57 | (28) | 23 | (24) | 17 | (17) |
Age 35–49 yrs | 17 | (19) | 12 | (23) | 6 | (9) | 35 | (43) | 25 | (31) | 23 | (24) | 54 | (27) | 26 | (27) | 29 | (29) |
Age 50+ yrs | 65 | (74) | 26 | (49) | 60 | (91) | 15 | (18) | 33 | (41) | 66 | (70) | 92 | (45) | 46 | (48) | 55 | (55) |
HIV +ve | 3 | (3) | 5 | (9) | 1 | (2) | 9 | (11) | 18 | (23) | 4 | (4) | 8 | (4) | 6 | (6) | 11 | (11) |
Total | 88 | (100) | 53 | (100) | 66 | (100) | 83 | (100) | 80 | (100) | 94 | (100) | 203 | (100) | 95 | (100) | 101 | (100) |
1Includes cancers of the digestive organs, respiratory organs, bone, skin, soft tissue, breast, female and male genital organs, bladder, brain, thyroid and of unspecified sites.