Table 3.
Age-standardized rate (ASR) and estimated number of incident cancer cases for the most common cancer sites by gender in Khartoum, Sudan: 2009–2010.
| Primary cancer site | ASR1 | Estimated number of incident cancer cases2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | |
| Breast | 41.1 | 4.4 | 21.1 | 1112 | 133 | 1215 |
| Leukemia | 8.6 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 234 | 310 | 543 |
| Lymphoma | 6.6 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 179 | 242 | 422 |
| Prostate | – | 6.0 | – | – | 185 | – |
| Colorectal | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 159 | 189 | 348 |
| Esophagus | 6.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 163 | 124 | 286 |
| Oral | 4.0 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 107 | 196 | 305 |
| Ovary | 7.0 | – | – | 188 | – | – |
| Liver | 2.3 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 62 | 141 | 205 |
| Cervix | 7.4 | – | – | 199 | – | – |
| Stomach | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 76 | 117 | 194 |
| Lung | 1.8 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 48 | 109 | 159 |
| Total3 | 124.3 | 90.8 | 106.0 | 3361 | 2772 | 6105 |
Sudan 2010 estimated population, both sexes combined, was used as the standard population in computing ASR. N = 6710.
1
Per 100,000 population.
2
Estimated using ASR and Khartoum 2009 population.
3
All cancer sites combined.