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Table 2 Common types of registered new cancer cases by gender and age in Malawi: 2007-2010

From: Burden of cancer in Malawi; common types, incidence and trends: National population-based cancer registry

Cancer type

Males

Females

Both sexes

Children under 15 years old

Adults aged 15-59 years

Elderly aged 60 years or more

 

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

Lung

0.2

(19)

0.1

(14)

0.2

(33)

-

-

0.1

(19)

0.3

(10)

Breast

0.3

(26)

4.6

(480)

2.7

(506)

-

-

2.6

(357)

3.7

(109)

Kidney

0.4

(34)

0.4

(41)

0.4

(75)

4.5

(58)

0.1

(13)

0.2

(6)

Penis

1.4

(117)

-

-

0.6

(117)

-

-

0.6

(80)

0.9

(26)

Liver

1.5

(121)

0.7

(70)

1.0

(191)

1.5

(19)

0.9

(124)

1.2

(36)

Ovary

-

-

0.9

(99)

0.5

(99)

-

-

0.5

(72)

0.5

(15)

Bone

1.6

(129)

1.2

(123)

1.3

(252)

2.2

(28)

1.3

(174)

1.0

(29)

Stomach, intestine, rectum, anus

1.8

(147)

1.4

(152)

1.6

(299)

-

-

1.3

(179)

4.1

(121)

Eye

2.7

(225)

2.5

(266)

2.6

(491)

7.3

(94)

2.6

(352)

1.0

(30)

Urinary bladder

3.7

(308)

2.2

(232)

2.9

(540)

0.5

(7)

2.2

(300)

5.1

(149)

Prostate

4.0

(332)

-

-

1.8

(332)

-

-

0.5

(70)

7.7

(226)

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

7.8

(649)

4.1

(427)

5.7

(1,076)

56.4

(722)

2.1

(289)

1.3

(37)

Oesophagus

16.9

(1,406)

8.2

(862)

12.0

(2,268)

-

-

9.4

(1,286)

28.7

(838)

Cervix

-

-

45.4

(4,787)

25.4

(4,787)

-

-

28.3

(3,869)

24.0

(701)

Kaposi sarcoma

50.7

(4,213)

21.1

(2,225)

34.1

(6,438)

15.0

(192)

41.3

(5,642)

10.0

(291)

Others

7.1

(588)

7.2

(763)

7.2

(1,351)

12.5

(160)

6.1

(834)

10.2

(297)

Total

100.0

(8,314)

100.0

(10,541)

100.0

(18,855)

100.0

(1,280)

100.0

13,660

100.0

(2,921)

  1. n = number of cancer cases in the group,% = percentage