Recent Advances in the Pathobiology of Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Potential Impact on Diagnostic, Predictive, and Therapeutic Strategies

Table 1

Age-standardized incidence and mortality rates ranked by mortality to incidence ratio (case fatality ratio). Calculations are based on data from GLOBOCAN 2008 [12].

Region	Numbers per year	Incidence ASR	Deaths per year	Mortality ASR	Mortality to incidence ratio
WHO Africa region	5879	0.9	4893	0.8	0.9
WHO East Mediterranean region	7663	1.4	6004	1.2	0.9
Less developed regions	40137	0.7	23698	0.5	0.7
WHO South-East Asia region	11682	0.7	6276	0.4	0.6
WHO Western Pacific region	8476	0.4	3478	0.2	0.5
World	67887	1	30205	0.4	0.4
WHO Europe region	19342	2	5898	0.5	0.3
More developed regions	27750	2	6507	0.4	0.2
WHO Americas region	14802	1.5	3649	0.3	0.2