Research Article
Cancer Mortality Pattern in Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
Table 3
Showing organ specific and yearly distribution of cancer mortality.
| Organs | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total | Percentage (%) |
| Breast | 10 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 38 | 27 | 40 | 51 | 32 | 62 | 16 | 22 | 368 | 25.6 | Haematology | 6 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 129 | 9.0 | Cervix | | 3 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 125 | 8.7 | Kidney | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 2.8 | Ovary | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 82 | 5.7 | Soft tissue | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 2.6 | Colorectal | 3 | 1 | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 76 | 5.3 | Prostate | 2 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 4.5 | Liver | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 82 | 5.7 | Lungs | 2 | | | | | | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 2.6 | CNS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 3.9 | Bone marrow | 2 | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1.3 | Stomach | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 1.6 | Endometrium | | | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 3 | | | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 1.4 | Bladder | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0.9 | Eye | | | 1 | 3 | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0.8 | Others | 5 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 26 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 22 | 253 | 17.6 |
| Total | 43 | 53 | 58 | 96 | 53 | 50 | 122 | 103 | 149 | 174 | 156 | 191 | 73 | 115 | 1436 | 100 |
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