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. 2019 Apr 23;12:157–177. doi: 10.2147/CEG.S182000

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Incidence and mortality rates of EC.

Notes: (A) Worldwide in both sexes and (B) in men and women in Africa. The highest incidence rate is in South Africa and East Africa, with the highest incidence in both sexes being found in Kenya, Uganda and Malawi. A high incidence rate of EC is found in both sexes in Guinea Bissau. (C) The incidence and mortality rates per 100,000 in South Africa and the Eastern Africa and Southern Africa regions is much higher in males than in females.4

Abbreviation: EC, esophageal cancer.