Table 2. Median age of cancer patients in Kampala, Uganda, compared with patients from the United States, 1993–1997.

Cancer site	Uganda	USA Black American patients
Nasopharynx	32	50
Oesophagus	58	63
Stomach	55	68
Colorectal	53.5	67
Liver	42	62
Lung	48	65
Breast	45	56
Cervix	43	49
Ovary	40	61
Prostate	70	68
Eye	28	2
Thyroid	46	45
Lymphomas	10	46
Kaposi Sarcoma HIV+ (N=188)	30	—
Kaposi Sarcoma HIV− (N=32)	29