Table 1. Number of cases and age-standardised rates of classic Kaposi's sarcoma in Israeli Jews between 1960 and 1998.
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Men |
Women |
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| Period | No. of cases | ASR | Crude rate | No. of cases | ASR | Crude rate |
| 1960–1964 | 23 | 5.1 | 4.47 | 8 | 2.2 | 1.59 |
| 1965–1969 | 39 | 6.5 | 6.54 | 11 | 1.9 | 1.88 |
| 1970–1974 | 117 | 16.7 | 17.31 | 44 | 6.0 | 6.54 |
| 1975–1979 | 163 | 19.3 | 21.41 | 72 | 7.8 | 9.42 |
| 1980–1984 | 171 | 17.6 | 20.05 | 74 | 6.7 | 8.8 |
| 1985–1989 | 236 | 21.6 | 26.44 | 93 | 6.8 | 10.31 |
| 1990–1994 | 384 | 30.4 | 37.45 | 161 | 9.9 | 15.38 |
| 1995–1998 | 342 | 29.7 | 37.61 | 169 | 10.7 | 17.99 |
| 1960–1998 | 1475 | 20.7 | 23.76 | 632 | 7.5 | 10.11 |
ASR: age-standardised rate (per 1 000 000).