Table 2.
The ASR of Breast Cancer in Eastern Mediterranean Countries in 2011–2019
| Country | Rank for ASR of female breast cancer | HDI index | Quality of Dataa | N Data point | ASR of breast cancer (95%CI) | Number of breast cancer cases (% of total cases) | Total of sample size (%of total sample size) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 1 | 0.763 | 3 | 5 | 68.9 (50.4, 90.3) | 5908 (1.5) | 7,717,060 (0.6) |
| Kuwait | 2 | 0.8 | 1 | 4 | 54.8 (34.8, 79.2) | 1396 (0.4) | 4,010,811 (0.3) |
| UAE | 3 | 0.84 | 3 | 4 | 53.3 (34.8, 73.9) | 2616 (0.7) | 7,357,716 (0.6) |
| Pakistan | 4 | 0.55 | 3 | 8 | 51.8 (37.2, 68.9) | 173,768 (43.9) | 281,000,438 (21.9) |
| Qatar | 5 | 0.856 | 1 | 4 | 49.1 (26.01, 79.02) | 9813 (2.5) | 26,686,518 (2.1) |
| Bahrain | 6 | 0.824 | 1 | 4 | 46.2 (24.01, 73.9) | 695 (0.2) | 1,537,277 (0.1) |
| Jordan | 7 | 0.742 | 2 | 7 | 44.9 (33.6, 57.8) | 5461 (1.4) | 16,901,905 (1.3) |
| Libya | 8 | 0.716 | 2 | 6 | 44.9 (28.1, 64.8) | 2714 (0.7) | 12,806,644 (0.9) |
| Djibouti | 9 | 0.473 | 3 | 4 | 40.9 (19.4, 68.9) | 598 (0.1) | 1,621,024 (0.1) |
| Iraq | 10 | 0.649 | 3 | 5 | 39.7 (28.1, 53.3) | 22,766 (5.7) | 51,396,093 (4.0) |
| Yemen | 11 | 0.482 | 3 | 5 | 37.2 (28.1, 47.6) | 448 (0.1) | 1,383,852 (0.1) |
| Sudan | 12 | 0.49 | 3 | 5 | 36.7 (29.2, 44.9) | 14,788 (3.7) | 56,335,878 (4.4) |
| Morocco | 13 | 0.647 | 2 | 5 | 36.1 (28.1, 44.9) | 25,575 (6.5) | 50,864,911 (3.9) |
| Egypt | 14 | 0.691 | 2 | 5 | 33.6 (26.01, 43.6) | 50,002 (12.6) | 93,279,217 (7.3) |
| Afghanistan | 15 | 0.479 | 3 | 5 | 33.6 (26.01, 43.6) | 6746 (1.7) | 48,588,869 (3.8) |
| Somalia | 16 | ___ | 3 | 3 | 33.6 (20.2, 49.3) | 3689 (0.9) | 18,502,099 (1.4) |
| Tunisia | 17 | 0.725 | 2 | 5 | 32.5 (24.01, 42.3) | 7772 (1.9) | 16,625,705 (1.3) |
| Oman | 18 | 0.796 | 1 | 7 | 32.5 (18.5, 51.8) | 1191 (0.3) | 30,466,497 (2.4) |
| Iran | 19 | 0.774 | 2 | 41 | 31.9 (28.2, 35.8) | 45,641 (11.5) | 484,392,544 (37.7) |
| Saudi Arabia | 20 | 0.847 | 2 | 5 | 30.3 (22.1, 40.9) | 6915 (1.7) | 39,440,443 (3.1) |
| Syrian Arab republic | 21 | 0.536 | 3 | 5 | 24.01 (11.6, 39.7) | 7196 (1.8) | 32,237,054 (2.5) |
| Total of EMR** | ….. | …. | …. | 142 | 37.1 (34.5, 39.8) | 382,367 (100) | 1,283,152,555 (100) |
| Total of EMR** without Iran | ….. | …. | …. | 101 | 39.7 (36.03, 42.3) | 350,057 (90.6) | 798,760,011 (62.2) |
a:Group1(High quality data), Group2(Medium quality of data), Group3(Low quality of data)
*UAE: United Arab Emirate, ** Eastern Mediterranean Region