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Table 1 Number of cases by age group and summary frequency rates in females

From: Cancer mortality patterns in Ghana: a 10-year review of autopsies and hospital mortality

SITE

ALL AGES

0–14

15–24

25–34

35–44

45–54

55–64

≥ 65

RF %

ASCAR

BREAST

283

0

4

19

89

82

53

36

17.1

17.24

HAMATOPOIETIC ORGANS

300

96

46

34

29

35

32

28

18.2

14.69

LIVER

180

1

10

40

26

30

36

37

10.9

10.97

GALLBLADDER

48

0

0

1

3

6

9

29

2.9

3.84

PANCREAS

73

1

0

2

6

9

21

34

4.3

5.68

OESOPHAGUS

5

0

0

1

0

2

0

2

0.3

0.34

STOMACH

60

0

0

3

2

9

13

33

3.6

4.76

COLON & RECTUM

64

0

0

5

8

14

12

25

3.9

4.59

ANUS

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0.1

0.04

CERVIX

122*

0

0

5

24

27

36

29

7.4

8.47

ENDOMETRIUM

63

0

6

13

9

14

12

9

3.8

3.75

OVARY

100

3

7

7

23

18

24

18

6.0

6.32

BRAIN

77

19

11

14

9

8

7

9

4.7

3.76

NASOPHARYNX

14

3

5

1

0

4

1

0

0.8

0.71

LARYNX

2

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0.1

0.10

LUNG

37

1

2

5

4

8

5

12

2.2

2.43

BONE

21

6

4

5

2

3

1

0

1.3

0.88

KIDNEY

39

16

1

1

8

4

5

4

2.4

1.90

EYE

10

4

0

3

0

1

1

1

0.6

0.45

BLADDER

27

0

0

0

5

6

6

10

1.6

1.98

SOFT TISSUE

28

5

3

2

8

3

0

7

1.7

1.46

OTHER

97

11

7

10

13

15

18

23

5.9

5.67

ALL SITES

1651

166

106

171

269

300

292

346

100

100

  1. * Age not stated for 1 case