Table 1.
Characteristics of African Burkitt lymphoma cases in persons 0–14 years of age, by country
| Characteristic | All countries | Uganda (southern) | Uganda (northern) | Ghana | Tanzania | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |
| All persons | 2,602 | 371 | 500 | 581 | 1,150 | |||||
| Sex* | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,551 | 59.7 | 206 | 55.5 | 324 | 64.8 | 363 | 62.5 | 658 | 57.5 |
| Female | 1,046 | 40.3 | 165 | 44.5 | 176 | 35.2 | 218 | 37.5 | 487 | 42.5 |
| Unknown | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Tumor site* | ||||||||||
| Face or Head | 594 | 33.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 177 | 37.9 | 173 | 29.8 | 244 | 32.5 |
| Abdominal | 1,099 | 61.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 280 | 60.0 | 321 | 55.2 | 498 | 66.4 |
| Other | 105 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 2.1 | 87 | 15.0 | 8 | 1.1 |
| Unknown | 804 | 371 | 33 | 0 | 400 | |||||
| Age group, years* | ||||||||||
| 0–2 | 63 | 2.4 | 13 | 3.5 | 8 | 1.6 | 6 | 1.0 | 36 | 3.2 |
| 3–5 | 791 | 30.6 | 118 | 32.0 | 206 | 41.2 | 110 | 18.9 | 357 | 31.4 |
| 6–8 | 998 | 38.6 | 133 | 36.1 | 179 | 35.8 | 238 | 41.0 | 448 | 39.5 |
| 9–11 | 464 | 18.0 | 68 | 18.4 | 66 | 13.2 | 140 | 24.1 | 190 | 16.7 |
| 12–14 | 269 | 10.4 | 37 | 10.0 | 41 | 8.2 | 87 | 15.0 | 104 | 9.2 |
| Unknown | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 7.1 (2.9) | 6.9 (3.0) | 6.6 (2.6) | 8.0 (2.8) | 6.9 (2.8) | |||||
| Diagnosis year* | ||||||||||
| 1960–1969 | 117 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 60 | 11.0 | 57 | 5.0 |
| 1970–1979 | 392 | 15.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 283 | 51.7 | 109 | 9.4 |
| 1980–1989 | 371 | 14.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 203 | 37.1 | 168 | 14.6 |
| 1990–1999 | 673 | 26.2 | 159 | 42.9 | 75 | 15.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 438 | 38.1 |
| 2000–2009 | 1,015 | 39.5 | 212 | 57.1 | 425 | 85.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 378 | 32.9 |
| Unknown | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||||
*
Percentage excludes unknown category.