Table 2. Age-standardised incidence rates (based on world standard population) of classic Kaposi's sarcoma among Israeli Jews by gender and patient age group between 1960 and 1998.

	Men		Women
Age group (years)	No. of cases	Rate per million	No. of cases	Rate per million
0–24	17	0.6	6	0.2
25–34	45	5.1	17	1.9
35–44	75	10.2	19	2.5
45–54	110	18.9	32	5.2
55–64	261	53.9	85	16.3
65–74	417	121.4	203	51.8
⩾75	550	300.8	270	119.2
Total	1475	20.7a	632	7.5a

^aAge-standardised rate (per 1 000 000).