Cancer Incidence in Egypt: Results of the National Population-Based Cancer Registry Program

Table 2

Incidence rates of Cancer in Egypt (/100,000 populations) classified by region and sex for all cancer sites with and without nonmelanoma skin cancer (C44).

	Males		Females		All		Male : female ratio
	Crude rate	ASR	Crude rate	ASR	Crude rate	ASR	Crude rate	ASR
	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)
All sites
(i) Upper Egypt	97.1	142.8	116.9	167.1	107.0	155.0	0.8 : 1	0.9 : 1
	(89.1–105.8)	(133.1–153.2)	(108.1–126.5)	(156.5–178.4)	(101.0–113.3)	(147.7–162.6)
(ii) Middle Egypt	109.7	170.0	95.9	132.1	102.9	151.1	1.1 : 1	1.3 : 1
	(105.4–114.1)	(164.7–175.5)	(91.1–100.2)	(127.4–137.0)	(100.0–106.0)	(147.5–154.8)
(iii) Lower Egypt	138.5	191.8	131.7	173.3	135.2	182.6	1.1 : 1	1.1 : 1
	(133.2–144.0)	(185.6–198.2)	(126.5–137.2)	(167.3–179.6)	(131.4–139.1)	(178.2–187.1)
(iv) Calculated rates of Egypt	117.3	178.5	111.7	159.1	114.5	169.0	1.1 : 1	1.1 : 1
	(116.0–118.6)	(176.9–180.2)	(110.4–113.0)	(157.6–160.7)	(113.6–115.5)	(167.9–170.2)
All sites (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer C44)
(i) Upper Egypt	96.0	141.0	115.1	163.9	105.5	152.5	0.8 : 1	0.9 : 1
	(88.1–1104.6)	(131.4–151.4)	(106.3–124.5)	(153.4–175.1)	(99.5–111.8)	(145.5–160.1)
(ii) Middle Egypt	108.0	167.2	94.9	130.7	101.6	149.0	1.1 : 1	1.3 : 1
	(103.8–112.3)	(162.0–172.6)	(90.9–99.1)	(126.0–135.6)	98.7–104.6)	(145.5–152.6)
(iii) Lower Egypt	136.7	189.1	130.1	170.9	133.5	180.0	1.1 : 1	1.1 : 1
	(131.5–142.2)	(182.9–195.5)	(124.8–135.5)	(164.9–177.1)	(129.7–137.3)	(175.7–184.4)
(iv) Calculated rates of Egypt	115.7	175.9	110.3	157.0	113.1	166.6	1 : 1	1.1 : 1
	(114.4–117.0)	(174.3–177.5)	(109.0–111.6)	(155.4–158.5)	(112.2–114.0)	(165.5–167.8)