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 | |||||
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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) | |||
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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) |