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. 2009 Jun;21(2):66–68. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v21i2.44562

Table.

OC And KS cases by district of residence

District Of Residence Ca Oesophagus % within residence
(diagnosis)
KS % within residence
(diagnosis)
Total % of Total
Blantyre (urban) 504 16.8 (18) 2500 83.2 (26.6) 3004 24.6
Blantyre (rural) 317 22.7 (11.3) 1082 77.3 (11.5) 1399 11.5
Lilongwe 392 28.8 (14) 970 71.2 (10.3) 1362 11.2
Zomba 372 32.3 (13.3) 778 67.7 (8.3) 1150 9.4
Thyolo 124 12.8 (4.4) 848 87.2 (9) 972 8
Chiradzulu 118 18.8 (4.2) 510 81.2 (5.4) 628 5.1
Mulanje 122 19.7 (4.4) 498 80.3 (5.3) 620 5.1
Mzimba 105 27.9 (3.8) 271 72.1 (2.9) 376 3.1
Mangochi 128 34 (4.6) 248 66 (2.6) 376 3.1
Machinga 118 36.4 (4.2) 206 63.6 (2.2) 324 2.7
Ntcheu 69 26.4 (2.5) 192 73.6 (2) 261 2.1
Chikwawa 85 32.6 (3) 176 67.4 (1.9) 261 2.1
Mwanza 29 14.2 (1) 175 85.5 (1.9) 204 1.7
Nsanje 41 23.4 (1.5) 134 76.6 (1.4) 175 1.4
Dedza 38 28.6 (1.4) 95 71.4 (1) 133 1.1
Kasungu 22 17.2 (.8) 106 82.8 (1.1) 128 1
Dowa 26 24.8 (.9) 79 75.2 (.8) 105 0.9
Phalombe 24 23.3 (.9) 79 76.7 (.8) 103 0.8
Balaka 23 24.7 (.8) 70 75.3 (.7) 93 0.8
Rumphi 37 43.5 (1.3) 48 56.5 (.5) 85 0.7
Salima 27 32.5 (1) 56 67.5 (.6) 83 0.7
Mchinji 14 18.4 (.5) 62 81.6 (.7) 76 0.6
Karonga 6 9 (.2) 61 91 (.6) 67 0.5
Nkhatabay 5 12.5 (.2) 35 87.5 (.4) 40 0.3
Nkhotakota 9 23.1 (.3) 30 76.9 (.3) 39 0.3
Nchisi 16 39 (.6) 25 61 (.3) 41 0.3
Mozambique 7 18.4 (.3) 31 81.6 (.3) 38 0.3
Not Known 12 31.6 (.4) 26 68.4 (.3) 38 0.3
Chitipa 6 27.3 (.2) 16 72.7 (.2) 22 0.2
Zambia 0 0 (0) 3 0 (0) 3 0
Zimbabwe 0 0 (0) 1 0 (0) 1 0
Total 2796 22.9 (100) 9411 77.1 (100) 12207 100