Table 2.
The most common malignancies diagnosed in different age groups at Tenwek Hospital, 1999–2007*
| Relative Frequency Rank |
Age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤ 30 | 31–40 | 41–50 | 51–60 | 61–70 | > 70 | |
| 1 | Esophagus (16.3%) |
Esophagus (32.1%) |
Esophagus (42.1%) |
Esophagus (43.2%) |
Esophagus (38.2%) |
Esophagus (37.8%) |
| 2 | Burkitt’s Lymphoma (7.9%) |
Breast (7.9%) | Stomach (10.2%) |
Stomach (14.4%) |
Stomach (20.5%) |
Stomach (20.4%) |
| 3 | Connective tissue (7.6%) |
Cervix (6.9%) | Cervix (5.5%) | Colon and Rectum (5.7%) |
Prostate (4.5%) | Prostate (12.1%) |
| 4 | Bone marrow and Bone (6.2%) |
Stomach (6.1%) | Breast (4.5%) | Cervix (3.2%) | Breast (2.8%) | Breast (3.1%) |
| 5 | Other lymph node (5.4%) |
Uterus (5.4%) | Colon and Rectum (4.0%) |
Prostate (3.2%) | Colon and Rectum (2.4%) |
Other lymph node (2.9%) |
| 6 | Non-hodgkins lymphoma (4.8%) |
Colon and Rectum (4.3%) |
Connective tissue (3.7%) |
Connective tissue (2.2%) |
Bladder (2.4%) | Colon and Rectum (2.7%) |
| Total number of all malignancies |
355 | 277 | 401 | 507 | 508 | 481 |
*
Age available for 2529 individuals