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Table 2 Global burden of deaths from EBV-attributed malignancies in 2010

From: Global burden of deaths from Epstein-Barr virus attributable malignancies 1990-2010

Type of malignancy

Global deaths: All cases

Global deaths: EBV-attributed cases

% deaths from EBV-attributed cases (both)

Males

Females

Both

Males

Females

Both

NPC

45,640

19,264

64,904

44,418

18,700

63,118

97.2

BL

3,575

821

4,396

1,820

431

2,251

51.2

HL

10,208

7,510

17,718

4,507

3,410

7,917

44.7

Stomach

475,759

279,132

754,891

52,333

16,748

69,081

9.2

PTLD

459

306

765

367

245

612

80.0

Total

535,641

307,033

842,674

103,445

39,534

142,979

17.0