Colorectal carcinoma in a Southern Mediterranean country: The Libyan scenario

Table 1 Display of key parameters of the cancer patients in eastern Libya

	Overall		Male		Female
Age (n/SD)	58.7	13.4	57.3	13.0	60.1	13.8
Age group (n/%)
20-29 yr	6	3.5	4	4.7	2	2.4
30-39 yr	10	5.9	7	8.1	3	3.6
40-49 yr	24	14.1	10	11.6	14	16.6
50-59 yr	42	24.7	20	23.3	22	26.2
60-69 yr	54	31.8	32	37.2	22	26.2
70-79 yr	26	15.3	12	14.0	14	16.6
80+ yr	8	4.7	1	1.1	7	8.4
Total	170	100.0	86	100.0	84	100.0
Nationality (n/%)
Libyan	170	98.3	89	100.0	81	96.4
Non-Libyan	3	1.7	0	0.0	3	3.6
Total	173	100.0	89	100.0	84	100.0
City of origin (n/%)
Ajdabia	8	4.6	6	6.7	2	2.4
Beida	17	9.8	9	10.0	8	9.5
Benghazi	113	64.9	56	62.2	57	67.9
Derna	6	3.4	3	3.3	3	3.6
Kufra	4	2.3	0	0.0	4	4.8
Marj	14	8.0	8	8.9	6	7.1
Tobruk	12	6.9	8	8.9	4	4.8
Total	174	100.0	90	100.0	84	100.0