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. 2019 May 17;2(1):20–29. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2018-000014

Table 4.

Prevalence of cancer by nationality in publicly funded primary health settings

NCD Nationality 18–29 years 30–39 years 40–49 years 50–59 years ≥60 years N Crude rate (/1000) Age-adjusted
rate (/1000)
Cancer Qatari 2.19 4.34 8.53 10.76 9.8 634 5.89 6.37
Non-Qatari Northern Africa 3.17 6.78 9.7 8.88 9.66 509 7.11 7.09
Sub-Saharan Africa 3.37 9.05 11.77 7.47 18.52 79 8.06 9.36
Latin America and the Caribbean 0 15.04 11.11 0 (0) 3 7.83 (5.27)
Northern America 2.13 9.07 13.82 18.71 11.53 28 11.55 9.79
Eastern and Central Asia 6.54 0 0 (0) (0) 1 2.11 (1.86)
South-Eastern Asia 3.31 5.02 7.37 7.05 7.63 204 5.61 5.72
Southern Asia 2.83 3.5 4.93 5.17 7.03 533 4.16 4.43
Western Asia (excluding Qatar) 2.77 6.39 8.51 9.56 12.33 399 6.68 7.24
Eastern Europe 0 10.49 7.14 18.87 (0) 5 7.37 (6.28)
Northern Europe 5.6 10.34 11.7 9.03 15.08 24 10.17 9.88
Southern Europe 0 3.38 17.02 25.42 (0) 8 9.55 (7.52)
Western Europe 0 5.92 5.68 10 (22.22) 4 7.07 (7.61)
Australasia 0 24.39 9.71 0 (46.51) 5 12.85 (15.09)
Non-Qatari (total) 2.95 5.28 7.27 7.29 9.56 1802 5.75 6.01

Figures (rates) enclosed within parentheses were based (or one of its components) on <50 unweighted observations.

*Geographic regions as defined by the United Nations (see https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/).