Table 1 Number of registered new cases, method of diagnosis and geographical distribution of cancer in Malawi: 1987-2010
| Â | 1987-1990 | 1991-1994 | 1995-1998 | 1999-2002 | 2003-2006 | 2007-2010 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
New registered cancer cases: | ||||||||||||
Males | 2,335 | 46.4 | 2,276 | 49.5 | 2,576 | 51.3 | 3,983 | 50.5 | 6,850 | 49.8 | 8,360 | 44.1 |
Females | 2,699 | 53.6 | 2,326 | 50.5 | 2,447 | 48.7 | 3,901 | 49.5 | 6,914 | 50.2 | 10,586 | 55.9 |
Total | 5,034 | 100.0 | 4,602 | 100.0 | 5,023 | 100.0 | 7,884 | 100.0 | 13,764 | 100.0 | 18,946 | 100.0 |
Method of cancer diagnosis: | ||||||||||||
Clinical only | 0 | 0 | 405 | 8.8 | 924 | 18.4 | 2562 | 32.5 | 4515 | 32.8 | 6101 | 32.2 |
Clinical and some investigations | 1 | 0.01 | 341 | 7.4 | 1000 | 19.9 | 2278 | 28.9 | 5602 | 40.7 | 9397 | 49.6 |
Histology/haematology/cytology | 5033 | 99.9 | 3856 | 83.8 | 3099 | 61.7 | 3043 | 38.6 | 3647 | 26.5 | 3448 | 18.2 |
Total | 5034 | 100.0 | 4602 | 100.0 | 5023 | 100.0 | 7884 | 100.0 | 13764 | 100.0 | 18946 | 100.0 |
Cancer cases by region: | ||||||||||||
Northern | 35 | 6.8 | 433 | 9.4 | 312 | 6.2 | 603 | 7.7 | 880 | 6.4 | 2538 | 13.4 |
Central | 137 | 26.6 | 1,261 | 27.4 | 1,006 | 20.0 | 1,347 | 17.2 | 3,478 | 25.3 | 6,630 | 35.0 |
Southern | 343 | 66.6 | 2,909 | 63.2 | 3,711 | 73.8 | 5,883 | 75.1 | 9,389 | 68.3 | 9,775 | 51.6 |
Total | 515 | 100.0 | 4,603 | 100.0 | 5,029 | 100.0 | 7,833 | 100.0 | 13,747 | 100.0 | 18,944 | 100.0 |