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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Andrology. 2014 Oct 20;3(1):4–12. doi: 10.1111/andr.293

Table 1.

Testicular cancer incidence rates per 100,000 man-years (1973-1977 and 2003-2007).

Population 1973-1977 2003-2007 APC


Cases Rate* 95% CI Cases Rate* 95% CI
Northern (Nordic) Europe
 Norway 448 4.5 (4.0, 4.9) 1286 10.5 (10.0, 11.1) 2.9%
 Sweden 668 3.1 (2.9, 3.4) 1407 6.2 (5.9, 6.5) 2.4%
 Finland 205 1.6 (1.4, 1.9) 578 4.5 (4.1, 4.9) 3.7%
 Denmark 936 7.0 (6.6, 7.5) 1456 10.1 (9.5, 10.6) 0.9%
 Iceland 17 3.1 (1.6, 4.6) 49 6.0 (4.3, 7.7) 2.4%
Western Europe
 Ireland - - - 787 6.6 (6.1, 7.1) 2.0%
 United Kingdom, (South) Thames§ 451 3.3 (3.0, 3.6) 1769 5.2 (5.0, 5.5) 1.9%
 Germany, Saarland 87 3.2 (2.5, 3.9) 225 7.8 (6.7, 8.9) 2.5%
 Switzerland, Vaud - - - 146 8.0 (6.7, 9.3) 0.5%
 France, Bas-Rhin 48 3.4 (2.4, 4.3) 252 8.4 (7.3, 9.4) 2.8%
 Spain, Navarra 16 1.3 (0.6, 1.9) 70 4.1 (3.1, 5.1) 3.8%
Eastern Europe
 Estonia 48 1.3 (0.9, 1.7) 97 2.8 (2.2, 3.3) 2.8%
 Poland, Cracow - - - 87 5.1 (4.0, 6.2) 2.9%
 Czech Republic - - - 2227 7.5 (7.2, 7.9) 2.8%
 Slovakia 277 2.3 (2.0, 2.6) 1161 7.5 (7.1, 8.0) 4.2%
 Slovenia 97 2.0 (1.6, 2.3) 487 8.6 (7.8, 9.4) 4.9%
 Italy, Lombardy, Varese - - - 172 7.6 (6.4, 8.9) 3.1%
North America
 Canada, Ontario - - - 1630 4.8 (4.6, 5.0) 1.6%
 US: SEER-9 White 1091 4.0 (3.7, 4.2) 3635 6.4 (6.1, 6.6) 1.4%
 US: SEER-9 Black 21 0.8 (0.4, 1.1) 101 1.1 (0.9, 1.3) 1.9%
Central/South America
 Costa Rica - - - 409 3.4 (3.1, 3.7) 2.4%
 Colombia, Cali 26 1.5 (0.9, 2.2) 146 2.8 (2.3, 3.2) 2.6%
 Ecuador, Quito - - - 199 4.9 (4.2, 5.6) 2.8%
 Brazil, Goiania - - - 54 1.7 (1.3, 2.2) 2.4%
 Argentina, Bahia Blanca - - - 33 4.5 (2.9, 6.0) 2.0%
Asia/Oceania
 Israel: Jews 140 1.8 (1.5, 2.2) 631 4.6 (4.3, 5.0) 3.1%
 India, Mumbai 92 0.9 (0.6, 1.2) 257 0.6 (0.6, 0.7) -1.1%
 China, Hong Kong 114 1.3 (1.1, 1.6) 256 1.5 (1.3, 1.7) 2.2%
 Japan, Osaka Prefecture 212 0.9 (0.8, 1.0) 313 1.3 (1.1, 1.4) 0.3%
 Singapore: Chinese 32 0.8 (0.5, 1.1) 93 1.3 (1.0, 1.6) 1.1%
 Australia, New South Wales 386 3.0 1105 6.1 (5.7, 6.5) 2.6%
 New Zealand - - - 733 6.8 (6.3, 7.3) 1.0%
Africa
 Uganda, Kyadondo County - - - 12 0.3 (0.1, 0.5) -

NOTE: Prior to Volume 6 (1983-1987), rates for New Zealand were split into Maori and non-Maori populations.

*

Rate per 100,000 man-years, age-adjusted to the world standard population.

Annual Percent Change (APC), p-value <0.05

§

Through Volume 8, the United Kingdom, England (South) Thames data included only the South Thames region, covering approximately 6.8 million persons; in Volumes 9 and 10, this registry was expanded to include the entire Thames region, including more than 14 million people.