Table 2 Age standardized incidence/mortality of cancer of oesophagus in various regions (female).
World regions | Population Female (1,000) | Incidence | Mortality | Incidence to mortality ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | ASR | n | ASR | |||
Africa | 549,608 | 11,459 | 3.5 | 10,542 | 3.3 | 1.09 |
Eastern Africa | 182,469 | 10,211 | 4.2 | 9,391 | 3.9 | 1.09 |
Middle Africa | 69,644 | 7,468 | 7.8 | 6,860 | 7.3 | 1.09 |
Northern Africa | 105,353 | 681 | 2.0 | 630 | 1.8 | 1.08 |
Southern Africa | 30,816 | 1,248 | 1.5 | 1,151 | 1.4 | 1.08 |
Western Africa | 161,327 | 1,719 | 6.7 | 1,582 | 6.2 | 1.09 |
Asia | 2,081,150 | 100,333 | 4.3 | 90,735 | 3.8 | 1.11 |
Eastern Asia | 777,374 | 66,899 | 5.4 | 59,860 | 4.5 | 1.12 |
South-Eastern Asia | 306,008 | 2,942 | 1.0 | 2,659 | 0.9 | 1.11 |
South-Central Asia | 881,514 | 28,498 | 3.9 | 26,370 | 3.6 | 1.08 |
Western Asia | 116,253 | 1,994 | 2.1 | 1,846 | 1.9 | 1.08 |
America* | 310,360 | 9,640 | 1.4 | 8,007 | 1.1 | 1.20 |
Caribbean | 21,313 | 343 | 1.2 | 291 | 1.0 | 1.18 |
Central America | 83,632 | 462 | 0.6 | 429 | 0.5 | 1.08 |
South America | 205,415 | 4,892 | 2.0 | 3,660 | 1.5 | 1.34 |
North America | 176,585 | 3,943 | 1.1 | 3,627 | 1.0 | 1.09 |
Europe | 381,747 | 10,793 | 1.2 | 9,201 | 0.9 | 1.17 |
Central and Eastern Europe | 155,701 | 2,608 | 0.8 | 7,427 | 1.1 | 0.35 |
Northern Europe | 51,252 | 3,474 | 2.7 | 2,136 | 0.6 | 1.63 |
Southern Europe | 78,393 | 1,119 | 0.6 | 3,121 | 2.3 | 0.36 |
Western Europe | 96,400 | 3,592 | 1.6 | 1,006 | 0.5 | 3.57 |
Oceania | 18,746 | 551 | 1.7 | 467 | 1.4 | 1.18 |
Australia/New Zealand | 13,715 | 507 | 1.7 | 424 | 1.3 | 1.20 |
Melanesia | 4,451 | 43 | 1.4 | 42 | 1.4 | 1.02 |
Micronesia/Polynesia | 580 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 1.00 |
More developed regions | 637,294 | 18,396 | 1.2 | 15,249 | 0.9 | 1.21 |
Less developed regions | 2,880,901 | 114,380 | 4.1 | 103,703 | 3.6 | 1.10 |
World | 3,518,195 | 132,776 | 3.1 | 118,952 | 2.7 | 1.12 |
