Table 3:
Country megavoltage machine status, and current and projected needs per cancer incidence
| Cancer cases (2018) | Projected cancer cases (2020) | Supply of megavoltage units (2020) | Megavoltage units per 1000 cancer cases (2020) | Demand for megavoltage units (2020) | Projected cancer cases (2030) | Demand for megavoltage units (2030) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Africa | |||||||
| Algeria | 53 076 | 56 670 | 53 | 0·94 | 72 | 76 784 | 98 |
| Egypt | 128 892 | 136 434 | 119 | 0·87 | 174 | 183 039 | 234 |
| Libya | 6308 | 6778 | 6 | 0·74 | 8 | 9744 | 12 |
| Morocco | 52 783 | 56 115 | 49 | 0·87 | 71 | 74 323 | 95 |
| Sudan | 25 746 | 27 411 | 8 | 0·29 | 35 | 37 470 | 48 |
| Tunisia | 15 894 | 16 698 | 23 | 1·38 | 21 | 21 506 | 27 |
| Western Africa | |||||||
| Benin | 8036 | 8585 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 055 | 15 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 643 | 12 451 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 806 | 23 |
| Cape Verde | 641 | 666 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 903 | 1 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 14 484 | 15 298 | 2 | 0·13 | 19 | 20 581 | 26 |
| The Gambia | 705 | 753 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 581 | 1 |
| Ghana | 22 823 | 24 178 | 5 | 0·21 | 31 | 33 232 | 42 |
| Guinea | 7274 | 7707 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 641 | 13 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1037 | 1101 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1520 | 2 |
| Liberia | 2808 | 2991 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4181 | 5 |
| Mali | 13 114 | 13 926 | 1 | 0·07 | 18 | 19 431 | 25 |
| Mauritania | 2733 | 2935 | 2 | 0·68 | 4 | 4166 | 5 |
| Niger | 8674 | 9324 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 468 | 17 |
| Nigeria | 115 950 | 122 728 | 10 | 0·08 | 157 | 165 466 | 211 |
| Senegal | 10 549 | 11 260 | 4 | 0·36 | 14 | 16 002 | 20 |
| Sierra Leone | 4125 | 4354 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5855 | 7 |
| Togo | 4745 | 5068 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7076 | 9 |
| Central Africa | |||||||
| Angola | 15 949 | 17 263 | 5 | 0·29 | 22 | 25 562 | 33 |
| Cameroon | 15 769 | 16 776 | 1 | 0·06 | 21 | 23 390 | 30 |
| Central African Republic | 2618 | 2711 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3522 | 4 |
| Chad | 7491 | 7990 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 220 | 14 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 2415 | 2584 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3706 | 5 |
| DR Congo | 48 980 | 52 400 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 74 110 | 95 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 787 | 830 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1116 | 2 |
| Gabon | 1677 | 1768 | 2 | 1·13 | 2 | 2427 | 3 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 118 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 181 | 1 |
| Eastern Africa | |||||||
| Burundi | 8682 | 9312 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 247 | 17 |
| Comoros | 510 | 541 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 748 | 1 |
| Djibouti | 674 | 717 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 970 | 1 |
| Eritrea | 3144 | 3327 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4557 | 6 |
| Ethiopia | 67 573 | 72 249 | 2 | 0·01 | 92 | 10 1351 | 129 |
| Kenya | 47 887 | 51 905 | 13 | 0·25 | 66 | 77 894 | 99 |
| Madagascar | 18 074 | 19 393 | 2 | 0·10 | 25 | 27 682 | 35 |
| Malawi | 19 767 | 21 209 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 30 390 | 39 |
| Mauritius | 2861 | 3007 | 3 | 1·00 | 4 | 3714 | 5 |
| Mozambique | 25 631 | 27 295 | 1 | 0·04 | 35 | 37 568 | 48 |
| Rwanda | 10 704 | 11 521 | 2 | 0·17 | 15 | 16 625 | 21 |
| Seychelles | ·· | ·· | 0 | 0 | ·· | ·· | ·· |
| Somalia | 9942 | 10 582 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 589 | 21 |
| South Sudan | 9398 | 9989 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 530 | 19 |
| Tanzania | 42 060 | 45 061 | 7 | 0·16 | 58 | 64 558 | 83 |
| Uganda | 32 617 | 35 140 | 1 | 0·03 | 45 | 51 944 | 66 |
| Zambia | 12 052 | 12 932 | 3 | 0·23 | 17 | 18 789 | 24 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 465 | 18 536 | 7 | 0·38 | 24 | 25 725 | 33 |
| Southern Africa | |||||||
| Botswana | 1953 | 2080 | 1 | 0·48 | 3 | 2841 | 4 |
| Eswatini | 1074 | 1136 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1522 | 2 |
| Lesotho | 1888 | 1937 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2326 | 3 |
| Namibia | 2200 | 2337 | 2 | 0·86 | 3 | 3210 | 4 |
| South Africa | 107 467 | 112 499 | 97 | 0·86 | 144 | 142 477 | 182 |