Colorectal carcinoma in a Southern Mediterranean country: The Libyan scenario

Table 4 Comparison of colorectal cancer incidence rates (age-adjusted per 10⁵)

Country	Male	Female
Benghazi, Libya (2012)[1]	17.5	17.2
Benghazi, Libya (2003)[10]	11.6	8.8
Western Libya[11]	14.2	12.0
Algeria (Setif, 1998-2002)[6]	6.6	6.8
Algeria (Alger, 2006)[7]	14.8	11.0
Egypt (Gharbiah, 1999-2002)[6]	6.3	4.4
Tunisia (Sousse, 1998-2002)[6]	11.6	9.0
Tunisia (Sfax, 2000-2002)[9]	11.5	9.1
Morocco (Rabat, 2005)[4]	7.2	4.6
Morocco (Casablanca, 2004)[5]	6.6	5.7
European Pool (MECC)	22.0	15.6
Iran[15]	8.2	7.0