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. 2015 Aug 24;33(27):3065–3073. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.60.6376

Table A2.

Proportion of Children With Cancer Covered by the International Consortia Identified and Evaluated

Country Country Income Level in 2013* Population Total in 2013* Population Age 0-14 Years in 2013 (%)* Population Age 0-14 Years in 2013 Incidence of Childhood Cancer (per million) Annual Cases per Country Coverage by Consortium (%)
Central America (AHOPCA)
    Costa Rica UMIC 4,872,166 23.5 1,145,730 130 149
    Dominican Republic UMIC 10,403,761 30.2 3,141,984 73 229
    El Salvador LMIC 6,340,454 30.0 1,899,971 69 131
    Guatemala LMIC 15,468,203 40.4 6,253,590 59 369
    Haiti LIC 10,317,461 35.0 3,606,615 30 108
    Honduras LMIC 8,097,688 35.2 2,853,268 60 171
    Nicaragua LMIC 6,080,478 32.8 1,996,346 52 104
    Panama UMIC 3,864,170 28.3 1,094,071 74 81
    Total 1,343 0.7
South America (GALOP)
    Argentina UMIC 41,446,246 24.2 10,044,064 144 1,446
    Brazil UMIC 200,361,925 24.1 48,256,432 124 5,984
    Chile HIC 17,619,708 21.1 3,715,100 156 580
    Uruguay HIC 3,407,062 21.8 744,385 115 86
    Total 8,095 4.5
North Africa (GFAOP)
    Algeria UMIC 39,208,194 27.8 10,890,906 141 1,536
    Burkina Faso LIC 16,934,839 45.5 7,712,086 55 424
    Cameroon LMIC 22,253,959 43.0 9,559,669 184 1,759
    Cote d'Ivoire LMIC 20,316,086 41.3 8,397,252 54 453
    Democratic Republic of the Congo LIC 67,513,677 45.0 30,400,157 58 1,763
    Madagascar LIC 22,924,851 42.4 9,718,059 75 729
    Mali LIC 15,301,650 47.4 7,252,347 153 1,110
    Mauritania LIC 3,889,880 40.1 1,560,022 57 89
    Morocco LMIC 33,008,150 27.9 9,193,815 113 1,039
    Senegal LMIC 14,133,280 43.5 6,148,984 84 517
    Togo LIC 6,816,982 41.8 2,852,689 65 185
    Tunisia UMIC 10,886,500 23.2 2,526,167 102 258
    Total 9,861 5.5
India (ICON)
    India LMIC 1,252,139,596 29.1 364,250,394 63 22,948
    Total 22,948 12.7
China (CCCG)
    China UMIC 1,357,380,000 18.0 244,746,591 69 16,888
    Total 16,888 9.3
Middle East (POEM)§
    Algeria UMIC 39,208,194 27.8 10,890,906 141
    Armenia LMIC 2,976,566 20.2 602,719 100 60
    Bahrain HIC 1,332,171 21.0 279,621 119 33
    Egypt LMIC 82,056,378 31.1 25,555,143 138 3,527
    India LMIC 1,252,139,596 29.1 364,250,394 63
    Iran UMIC 77,447,168 23.8 18,440,404 100 1,844
    Iraq UMIC 33,417,476 40.1 13,386,280 120 1,606
    Jordan UMIC 6,459,000 34.0 2,198,516 109 240
    Kuwait HIC 3,368,572 24.8 834,677 141 118
    Lebanon UMIC 4467,390 20.8 930,182 167 155
    Libya HIC 6,201,521 29.4 1,825,865 96 175
    Morocco LMIC 33,008,150 27.9 9,193,815 113
    Oman HIC 3,632,444 23.5 852,932 93 79
    Pakistan LMIC 182,142,594 33.8 61,609,988 74 4,559
    Saudi Arabia HIC 28,828,870 29.0 8,369,349 113 946
    State of Palestine LMIC 4,169,506 40.1 1,672,057 125 209
    Sudan LMIC 37,964,306 41.2 15,635,119 73 1,141
    Syria LMIC 22,845,550 35.1 8,016,704 110 882
    Tunisia UMIC 10,886,500 23.2 2,526,167 102
    Turkey UMIC 74,932,641 25.7 19,224,026 143 2,749
    United Arab Emirates HIC 9,346,129 15.3 1,429,356 105 150
    Yemen LMIC 24,407,381 40.2 9,806,195 99 971
    Total 19,445 10.8
Asia (VIVA)
    Bangladesh LIC 156,594,962 30.0 46,976,764 42 1,973
    Cambodia LIC 15,135,169 31.1 4,704,539 151 710
    Indonesia LMIC 249,865,631 28.9 72,185,545 107 7,724
    Malaysia LMIC 29,716,965 26.1 7,758,045 103 799
    Myanmar LIC 53,259,018 24.9 13,267,065 81 1,075
    Philippines LMIC 98,393,574 34.1 33,592,525 65 2,184
    Singapore HIC 5,399,200 16.1 867,208 140 121
    Sri Lanka LMIC 20,483,000 25.2 5,154,515 52 268
    Vietnam LMIC 89,708,900 22.7 20,365,733 69 1,405
    Total 16,259 9.0
Oceania
    Fiji UMIC 881,065 28.9 254,266 154 39
    Papua New Guinea LMIC 7321,263 38.0 2,782,994 90 250
    Total 290 0.2
Total No. of children covered by these consortia 95,128 58.5
Total No. of children with cancer in the world§ 162,603

Abbreviations: AHOPCA, Central American Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology; CCCG, Chinese Childhood Cancer Group; GALOP, Latin American Pediatric Oncology Group; GFAOP, Franco-African Group of Pediatric Oncology; HIC, high-income country; ICON, Indian Cooperative Oncology Network; LIC, low-income country; LMIC, lower-middle-income country; POEM, Pediatric Oncology East and Mediterranean; UMIC, upper middle[en]income country; VIVA, VIVA Foundation for Children with Cancer in Singapore.

*

Country income level was determined by using gross national income per capita, Atlas method (current $) values, and cutoffs from 2013, except for Libya where most recent gross national income per capita was from 2009. Source: World Bank Data by Country.10

China's CCCG and India's ICON are included despite being national rather than international groups based on the size of the population they cover. India is also a member of POEM, but case contribution is included only once (for ICON).

All rates reported on the Web site were converted from cases/100,000 to cases/million. Source: International Agency for Research on Cancer: GLOBOCAN 2012.11

§

Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia are members of GFAOP and POEM; their case contribution is included only once (for POEM). Palestine is reported as “State of Palestine” in GLOBOCAN11 and as “West Bank and Gaza” in World Bank Data.10

Source: International Agency for Research on Cancer: GLOBOCAN 2012.11