Table 2. Standardised average annual incidence rates and relative risks of stomach cancer in the GCC countries for 1998 – 2004 by sex and age-group. Figures exclude malignant gastric lymphomas.
| Country | Males | Females | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASR (95%CI)* per 100,000 |
RR (95%CI)* | ASR (95% CI)* per 100,000 |
RR (95%CI)* | |
| Oman | 11.6 (10.4 – 12.9) | 1.0 | 6.0 (5.2 – 7.0) | 1.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3.1 (2.9 – 3.3) | 0.26 (0.23 – 0.29) | 1.7 (1.5 – 1.8) | 0.28 (0.23 – 0.33) |
| UAE | 6.6 (5.2 – 8.2) | 0.55 (0.44 – 0.70) | 3.4 (2.4 – 4.8) | 0.56 (0.40 – 0.79) |
| Qatar | 7.8 (5.0 – 11.6) | 0.67 (0.44 – 1.0) | 4.3 (2.3 – 7.8) | 0.79 (0.46 – 1.40) |
| Bahrain | 7.9 (6.0 – 10.1) | 0.64 (0.49 – 0.84) | 5.3 (3.8 – 7.1) | 0.85 (0.62 – 1.20) |
| Kuwait | 4.0 (3.0 – 5.3) | 0.33 (0.25 – 0.45) | 2.4 (1.7 – 3.4) | 0.42 (0.30 – 0.59) |
| Country | Less than 45 years | 45 years and over | ||
|
ASR (95%CI) † per 100,000 |
RR (95%CI)† |
ASR (95% CI) † per 100,000 |
RR (95%CI) † | |
| Oman | 1.0 (0.8 – 1.3) | 1.0 | 31.4 (28.5 – 34.4) | 1.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.26 (0.23 – 0.30) | 0.28 (0.21 – 0.37) | 8.4 (8.0 – 8.9) | 0.26 (0.24 – 0.29) |
| UAE | 0.54 (0.30 – 0.90) | 0.54 (0.31 – 0.94) | 18.3 (15.0 – 22.1) | 0.56 (0.45 – 0.69) |
| Qatar | 0.90 (0.30 – 1.80) | 0.78 (0.36 – 1.7) | 21.6 (14.7 – 30.7) | 0.69 (0.48 – 0.99) |
| Bahrain | 0.56 (0.30 – 0.98) | 0.57 (0.31 – 1.0) | 23.6 (19.1 – 28.9) | 0.74 (0.59 – 0.92) |
| Kuwait | 0.30 (0.20 – 0.50) | 0.32 (0.18 – 0.58) | 11.4 (8.9 – 14.3) | 0.37 (0.29 - 0.47) |