Cancers in Eastern Libya: First results from Benghazi Medical Center

Table 4 Age-standardized rates for Benghazi in comparison to previously calculated values as well as those for western Libya and neighbouring countries

Site	Benghazi (2012)		Benghazi (2003)[2]		Benghazi (Globocan est. 2002)[5]		Western Libya (2007)[36]		Algeria[6]		Egypt[6]		Tunis[6]
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Bladder (C67)	3.3	1.1	11.7	1.3	22.4	2.7	4.8	1.2	4.5	0.5	27.9	5.4	19.0	2.2
Bone (C40-41)	0.3	1.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.4	0.5
Brain (C70-72)	2.3	1.3	5.3	2.1	2.1	1.1	4.8	0.7	0.7	1.6	4.0	3.1	3.7	1.8
Breast (C50)	0.9	37.4	-	22.9	-	17.4	0.5	31.1	0.6	18.8	0.8	42.5	0.9	29.8
Cervix uteri (C53)	-	2.8	-	5.3	-	8.2	-	2.2	-	11.6	-	2.1	-	7.1
Colon (C18-21)	17.5	17.2	11.6	8.8	4.9	2.5	14.2	12.0	6.6	6.8	6.9	4.8	12.0	9.2
Others and Unspec.	1.8	2.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.7	2.1	10.3	7.3	5.7	4.3
Esophagus (C15)	0.5	0.2	1.5	0.0	2.4	1.0	1.3	2.8	0.2	0.2	1.7	0.9	0.5	0.2
Gallbladder, etc. (C23-24)	1.3	1.3	1.6	3.6	-	-	-	-	2.1	10.0	1.2	1.0	1.8	3.1
Kidney (C64)	2.7	1.8	3.9	2.8	1.8	0.9	2.6	1.7	0.7	1.2	2.5	1.5	2.6	1.6
Larynx (C32)	2.5	0.6	6.1	0.3	3.7	0.5	-	-	2.8	0.1	4.2	0.3	5.7	0.2
Liver (C22)	4.0	1.0	3.3	3.1	4.8	1.6	5.1	1.9	1.1	0.8	21.9	4.4	2.2	0.7
Lung (C33-34)	18.0	2.2	24.8	2.0	10.4	1.5	19.3	3.9	19.9	1.7	14.0	3.6	37.1	1.7
Nasopharynx (C11)	2.2	0.3	1.9	0.8	2.2	0.9	-	-	5.4	1.7	1.2	0.4	4.6	1.9
Ovary (C56)	-	4.9	-	4.0	-	1.9	-	3.0	-	2.1	-	5.1	-	3.3
Pancreas (C25)	3.8	3.3	4.4	1.6	1.5	0.5	1.9	0.6	0.5	0.3	4.0	2.3	2.5	1.9
Prostate (C61)	14.8	-	11.4	-	5.6	-	19.1	-	7.5	-	8.5	-	14.1	-
Salivary (C07-08)	0.1	0.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3	0.2	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.4
Soft tissue (C47+49)	2.8	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8	0.5	3.3	2.7	1.4	1.3
Stomach (C16)	2.7	1.9	4.4	3.4	4.1	1.5	1.4	2.6	7.1	3.1	3.3	2.0	5.1	2.5
Thyroid (C73)	0.4	0.8	-	-	-	-	0.8	1.7	1.4	3.6	1.1	2.6	1.3	3.1
Uterus (C54)	-	8.0	-	8.0	-	1.6	-	-	-	1.1	-	2.6	-	3.4