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. 2011 Jan 18;2011:439456. doi: 10.1155/2011/439456

Table 1.

Age-standardized incidence and mortality rates ranked by mortality to incidence ratio (case fatality ratio). Calculations are based on data from GLOBOCAN 2008 [12].

Region Numbers per year Incidence ASR Deaths per year Mortality ASR Mortality to incidence ratio
WHO Africa region 5879 0.9 4893 0.8 0.9
WHO East Mediterranean region 7663 1.4 6004 1.2 0.9
Less developed regions 40137 0.7 23698 0.5 0.7
WHO South-East Asia region 11682 0.7 6276 0.4 0.6
WHO Western Pacific region 8476 0.4 3478 0.2 0.5
World 67887 1 30205 0.4 0.4
WHO Europe region 19342 2 5898 0.5 0.3
More developed regions 27750 2 6507 0.4 0.2
WHO Americas region 14802 1.5 3649 0.3 0.2