Table 1.

Geographical Distribution of Oesophageal Cancer Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa

	Southern Africa				Eastern Africa			Western Africa
Country	RSA1	Zimbabwe	Malawi	IARC2	Uganda	Kenya	IARC	Mali	Guinea	IARC
Period of study	1991–1995	1993–1995	1994–1998	2000	1995–1997	1997–2002	2000	1988–1992	1992–1995	2000
Male ASR	76.6	19.6	15.4	19.7	13.0	26.2	19.1	1.7	0.6	1.3
Female ASR	36.5	9.5	9.3	7.0	14.2	16.7	8.1	0.8	3.9	0.6