Table 8.
Proportions and incidence rates of the most frequently observed cancers in the 3 regions of Egypt.
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| 2009–2011 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
| Site | % | Crude rate | ASR | Site | % | Crude rate | ASR | Site | % | Crude rate | ASR | |
| Males | Liver | 41.7 | 57.8 | 81.0 | Liver | 20.4 | 22.4 | 37.6 | Bladder | 12.6 | 12.2 | 19.3 |
| Bladder | 8.8 | 12.2 | 19.0 | Bladder | 14.2 | 15.6 | 26.4 | Liver | 11.8 | 11.5 | 17.5 | |
| NHL | 6.0 | 8.3 | 10.3 | Brain# | 7.3 | 8.0 | 12.5 | Lung## | 7.6 | 7.4 | 11.5 | |
| Lung## | 5.5 | 7.6 | 10.1 | Lung## | 5.8 | 6.3 | 10.8 | Leukemia | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.7 | |
| Prostate | 4.8 | 6.7 | 11.7 | Leukemia | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.7 | Prostate | 5.9 | 5.7 | 9.2 | |
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| Females | Breast | 33.2 | 43.8 | 53.0 | Breast | 26.8 | 25.8 | 35.6 | Breast | 38.7 | 45.3 | 64.5 |
| Liver | 16.4 | 21.6 | 32.6 | Liver | 8.9 | 8.6 | 13.7 | Ovary | 6.1 | 7.1 | 10.2 | |
| Brain# | 4.4 | 5.8 | 7.4 | Brain# | 7.7 | 7.4 | 11.1 | Liver | 5.1 | 6.0 | 8.7 | |
| NHL | 4.1 | 5.4 | 6.7 | Leukemia | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.6 | Leukemia | 4.8 | 5.6 | 7.2 | |
| Thyroid | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 | NHL | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.8 | Uterus | 3.5 | 4.1 | 6.7 | |
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| Both Sexes | Liver | 29.6 | 40.1 | 56.8 | Liver | 15.2 | 15.6 | 25.7 | Breast | 21.6 | 23.1 | 33.2 |
| Breast | 16.1 | 21.7 | 26.9 | Breast | 12.4 | 12.8 | 18.1 | Liver | 8.2 | 8.8 | 13.1 | |
| Bladder | 5.9 | 8.0 | 12.5 | Bladder | 9.2 | 9.5 | 15.7 | Bladder | 7.4 | 7.9 | 12.5 | |
| NHL | 5.1 | 6.9 | 8.5 | Brain# | 7.5 | 7.7 | 11.8 | Leukemia | 5.4 | 5.7 | 7.0 | |
| Brain# | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.8 | Leukemia | 4.8 | 4.9 | 6.2 | Lung## | 4.6 | 4.9 | 7.7 | |
#Includes brain and nervous system tumors.
##Includes trachea, bronchus and lung tumors.