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Table 1 Numbers and incidence rates (per 100,000 population) of Burkitt lymphoma by region and sex

From: The burden of Burkitt lymphoma in Africa

REGION	MALES					FEMALES
	Numbers		Incidence rate per 100,000			Numbers		Incidence rate per 100,000
	0–14	TOTAL	0–14	CRUDE	ASR	0–14	TOTAL	0–14	CRUDE	ASR
Eastern Africa	1009	1191	1.09	0.51	0.38	401	487	0.44	0.22	0.19
Middle Africa	350	452	0.91	0.54	0.46	172	217	0.45	0.26	0.20
Southern Africa	13	56	0.13	0.17	0.18	5	46	0.05	0.14	0.14
Western Africa	568	719	0.67	0.37	0.29	350	451	0.43	0.24	0.21
Sub-Saharan Africa	1940	2320	0.86	0.44	0.35	928	1201	0.42	0.23	0.20
Northern Africa	233	292	0.59	0.24	0.23	74	87	0.20	0.07	0.07
Africa	2173	2612	0.82	0.41	0.33	1002	1288	0.39	0.20	0.17

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