Infectious Agents and Cancer

Table 1 Characteristics of Burkitt lymphoma cases from Northern Uganda during 1997-2009

From: A case-control study of Burkitt lymphoma in East Africa: are local health facilities an appropriate source of representative controls?

	North-central region		North-west region		Total
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	N	%
Area of residence
Outside study area	59	9	30	8	89	8
Within study area	637	91	362	92	999	92
Sex
Male	433	62	250	60	683	62
Female	263	38	164	40	427	38
Age group, years
0 - 2	8	1	18	5	26	2
3 - 5	255	37	117	29	372	34
6 - 8	261	37	147	37	408	37
9 - 11	111	16	61	15	172	16
12 - 14	61	9	54	14	115	11
Tumour anatomic site
Abdomen (± face)	365	52	198	48	563	51
Face only	238	34	167	40	405	36
Central nervous system	55	8	7	2	62	6
Others	18	3	24	6	42	4
Not recorded	20	3	18	4	38	3

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