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Table 3 Population, number of cancers, crude, and age-standardized incidence of Edo- Benin Cancer Registry from 2016 – 2018 in three LGAs

From: Improving cancer incidence evaluation through local government area matching: a study of the Edo-Benin cancer registry in Nigeria

 

Total

Male

Female

Population size

1,138,070

573,484

564,586

Cancers

1,045

453

592

Av. annual number of cancers

348

151

197

Average crude rate (95% CI) a

30.7 (27.6 – 34.1)

26.3 (22.4 – 30.9)

35.2 (30.7 – 40.5)

Average ASR (95% CI) a

50.6 (45.2 – 56.6)

47.4 (40.1 – 56.1)

56.0 (48.2 – 65.0)

  1. ASR for all cancers within Edo State in the registry for 2016–2018 restricted to three LGAs (unmatched) was 94.8 (95% CI: 87.3 – 102.8)
  2. aper 105, ASR; age-standardized rate, LGAs included: Egor, Oredo, and Uhunmwonde