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. 2021 Sep 1;6(5):100255. doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100255

Table 3.

Worldwide incidence and rates by SDI and regions for the 29 cancer types in 1990 and 2019 among 15-39-year olds and the change in the trends from 1990 to 2019

1990
2019
1990-2019 EAPC, No. (95% CI)
Incident cases Rate per 100 000 Incident cases Rate per 100 000
Sex
 Female 479 401 44.22 766 692 52.32 0.37 (0.36 to 0.38)
 Male 359 935 32.43 568 407 37.82 0.38 (0.37 to 0.39)
Sociodemographic index
 High SDI 248 945 77.05 304 186 91.81 0.57 (0.56 to 0.58)
 High–middle SDI 210 024 43.43 321 162 62.15 0.99 (0.98 to 1.00)
 Middle SDI 230 698 30.90 381 888 40.83 0.70 (0.69 to 0.71)
 Low–middle SDI 107 196 24.07 217 792 29.61 0.51 (0.50 to 0.53)
 Low SDI 42 055 21.69 103 945 23.21 0.18 (0.16 to 0.19)
Region
 Africa
 Central Sub-Saharan Africa 4335 20.88 10 463 20.19 −0.20 (−0.22 to −0.19)
 Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa 16 904 24.03 39 376 23.61 −0.21 (−0.22 to −0.20)
 Western Sub-Saharan Africa 11 622 16.34 32 628 18.21 0.39 (0.38 to 0.41)
 Southern Sub-Saharan Africa 7478 34.10 11 965 35.52 −0.24 (−0.25 to −0.22)
 North Africa and Middle East 32 025 23.58 92 962 35.94 1.47 (1.46 to 1.49)
 America
 Andean Latin America 4833 31.27 10 928 42.55 0.97 (0.96 to 0.98)
 Caribbean 5392 36.35 7864 43.38 0.32 (0.31 to 0.33)
 Central Latin America 22 198 32.54 44 804 44.36 1.04 (1.02 to 1.05)
 High-income North America 131 451 116.25 161 026 132.52 0.55 (0.54 to 0.56)
 Southern Latin America 9272 48.58 15 991 62.87 0.79 (0.78 to 0.80)
 Tropical Latin America 23 695 36.84 43 422 48.73 1.00 (0.99 to 1.01)
 Asia
 Central Asia 11 886 41.74 16 297 43.01 −0.48 (−0.49 to −0.47)
 East Asia 204 664 36.09 318 991 61.85 1.47 (1.46 to 1.48)
 High-income Asia Pacific 30 944 45.81 29 060 55.30 0.91 (0.90 to 0.92)
 South Asia 91 146 21.10 208 127 27.06 0.69 (0.68 to 0.71)
 Southeast Asia 56 624 28.77 98 028 36.09 0.51 (0.50 to 0.52)
 Europe
 Central Europe 25 360 55.10 23 641 66.38 0.72 (0.71 to 0.73)
 Eastern Europe 44 349 51.69 50 680 73.84 0.98 (0.97 to 0.99)
 Western Europe 98 068 68.07 108 039 82.447 0.43 (0.42 to 0.44)
 Oceania
 Australasia 6293 77.17 8821 90.78 0.32 (0.31 to 0.33)
 Other Oceania countries 788 29.95 1976 36.31 0.59 (0.58 to 0.60)

CI, confidence interval; EAPC, estimated annual percentage change; SDI, sociodemographic index.