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. 2014 Sep 21;2014:437971. doi: 10.1155/2014/437971

Table 2.

Incidence rates of Cancer in Egypt (/100,000 populations) classified by region and sex for all cancer sites with and without nonmelanoma skin cancer (C44).

Males Females All Male : female ratio
Crude rate ASR Crude rate ASR Crude rate ASR Crude rate ASR
(95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI)
All sites
(i) Upper Egypt 97.1 142.8 116.9 167.1 107.0 155.0 0.8 : 1 0.9 : 1
(89.1–105.8) (133.1–153.2) (108.1–126.5) (156.5–178.4) (101.0–113.3) (147.7–162.6)
(ii) Middle Egypt 109.7 170.0 95.9 132.1 102.9 151.1 1.1 : 1 1.3 : 1
(105.4–114.1) (164.7–175.5) (91.1–100.2) (127.4–137.0) (100.0–106.0) (147.5–154.8)
(iii) Lower Egypt 138.5 191.8 131.7 173.3 135.2 182.6 1.1 : 1 1.1 : 1
(133.2–144.0) (185.6–198.2) (126.5–137.2) (167.3–179.6) (131.4–139.1) (178.2–187.1)
(iv) Calculated rates of Egypt 117.3 178.5 111.7 159.1 114.5 169.0 1.1 : 1 1.1 : 1
(116.0–118.6) (176.9–180.2) (110.4–113.0) (157.6–160.7) (113.6–115.5) (167.9–170.2)

All sites (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer C44)
(i) Upper Egypt 96.0 141.0 115.1 163.9 105.5 152.5 0.8 : 1 0.9 : 1
(88.1–1104.6) (131.4–151.4) (106.3–124.5) (153.4–175.1) (99.5–111.8) (145.5–160.1)
(ii) Middle Egypt 108.0 167.2 94.9 130.7 101.6 149.0 1.1 : 1 1.3 : 1
(103.8–112.3) (162.0–172.6) (90.9–99.1) (126.0–135.6) 98.7–104.6) (145.5–152.6)
(iii) Lower Egypt 136.7 189.1 130.1 170.9 133.5 180.0 1.1 : 1 1.1 : 1
(131.5–142.2) (182.9–195.5) (124.8–135.5) (164.9–177.1) (129.7–137.3) (175.7–184.4)
(iv) Calculated rates of Egypt 115.7 175.9 110.3 157.0 113.1 166.6 1 : 1 1.1 : 1
(114.4–117.0) (174.3–177.5) (109.0–111.6) (155.4–158.5) (112.2–114.0) (165.5–167.8)
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