Table 1.

Cervical cancer cases (C53) by time period, total number of cases and most valid basis of diagnosis by cancer registry and region of SSA.

SSA region	Cancer registry	Population coverage	Time period	No. of cases	DCO (%)a	MV (%)b	AAPC (95% CI)
East Africa	Kenya, Eldoret	Urban	1998–2016	1081	1	91	2.6 (−9.0; 15.8)
	Kenya, Nairobi	Urban	2003–2014	3012	3	80	−1.5 (−4.7; 1.8)
	Malawi, Blantyre	Urban	1994–2010	2338	0.4c	52	7.9 (5.6; 10.2)
	Mauritius	National	2001–2015	1348	0	96	−2.5 (−3.8, −1.2)
	Seychelles	National	2004–2015	103	0	98	N/Ad
	Uganda, Kampala	Urban	1990–2013	3519	0	63	1.3 (−0.7; 3.4)
	Zimbabwe, Bulawayo	Urban	1963–1972; 2012–2015	1434	0e	79	N/A
	Zimbabwe, Harare	Urban	1991–2006; 2010–2015	4515	6	78	1.2 (−0.2; 2.5)
Western Africa	The Gambia	National	1986–2014	1752	0	72	2.6 (−1.2; 6.5)
Southern Africa	South Africa, Eastern Cape	Rural	1998–2016	2888	0	78	3.5 (1.8; 5.3)

^aDCO: Cases registered based on information contained on a death certificate only.

^bMV: Cases for which diagnosis was based on cytology, haematology or histopathology.

^cThere were nine cases of DCO only in the entire period under review constituting only 0.38%.

^dNumber of cases by year were too few hence rates were calculated by time period and not annually.

^eThere were four cases of DCO only in the entire period under review in Bulawayo, which constituted only 0.14%.