Epstein-Barr virus and Burkitt’s lymphoma. Associations in Iraqi Kurdistan and twenty-two countries assessed in the International Incidence of Childhood Cancer

Muhealdeen, Dana N.; Shwan, Alan; Yaqo, Rafil T.; Hassan, Hemin A.; Muhammed, Bryar O.; Ali, Rawa M.; Hughson, Michael D.

doi:10.1186/s13027-022-00452-0

Table 2 Burkitt’s lymphoma. The table lists the age-specific incidence rate per million children and the distribution of patients in the 0–4-, 5–14-, and 15–19-year-old age ranges. ]

From: Epstein-Barr virus and Burkitt’s lymphoma. Associations in Iraqi Kurdistan and twenty-two countries assessed in the International Incidence of Childhood Cancer

Country	Years data collected	Cases no.	ASIR (95% CI) per million children, 0–19 yrs old	Male	Age distribution, years
Country	Years data collected	Cases no.	ASIR (95% CI) per million children, 0–19 yrs old	Male	0–4	5–14	15–19
Sulaimani	2010–20	62	6.2 (4.7–7.7)	0.89	0.45	0.52	0.03
Egypt	1996–2010	97	5.2 (4.2–6.2)	0.73	0.47	0.46	0.07
Algeria	1996–2014	23	1.0 (0.6–1.4)	0.81	0.43	0.41	0.15
Morocco	2005–2012	60	5.0 (3.7–6.3)	0.82	0.24	0.62	0.14
Jordan	2000–2012	129	3.7 (3.1–4.3)	0.78	0.27	0.64	0.09
Israel-Jew	1990–2012	195	5.0 (4.3–5.7)	0.74	0.32	0.52	0.15
Israel-non Jew	1990–2012	69	4.8 (3.7–5.9)	0.77	0.23	0.63	0.14
Saudi Arabia	1994–2012	121	2.8 (2.3–3.3)	0.68	0.35	0.53	0.13
Turkey	1992–2012	180	3.5 (3.0–4.0)	0.70	0.28	0.64	0.08
S. Africa-black	1998–2012	252	1.4 (1.2–1.6)	0.75	0.50	0.50	Na
S Africa-white	1998–2012	34	2.8 (1.9–3.7)	0.75	0.19	0.81	Na
Uganda	1996–2013	376	21.6 (19.4–23.8)	0.56	0.20	0.76	0.04
Cameroon	2004–2006	122	40.0 (32.9–47.1)	0.58	0.23	0.64	0.07
Canada	1992–2013	408	2.5 (2.3–2.7)	0.80	0.18	0.59	0.22
US-black	1998–2012	276	1.4 (1.2–1.6)	0.74	0.17	0.63	0.20
US-white	1998–2012	2072	2.8 (2.7–2.9)	0.80	0.16	0.64	0.23
UK	2000–2011	419	2.3 (2.1–2.5)	0.79	0.21	0.62	0.17
Germany-West	1994–2012	198	2.8 (2.4–3.2)	0.82	0.14	0.67	0.18
France	1993–2012	182	4.3 (3.7–4.9)	0.81	0.19	0.68	0.19
Italy	1992–2013	224	4.0 (3.5–4.5)	0.76	0.14	0.68	0.24
Spain	1990–2013	210	4.8 (4.2–5.5)	0.81	0.25	0.59	0.19
Japan	1990–2013	110	1.4 (1.1–1.7)	0.85	0.26	0.66	0.08
Korea	1999–2012	351	2.1 (1.9–2.3)	0.80	0.28	0.59	0.13
China	1990–2013	33	0.4 (0.3–0.5)	0.78	0.33	0.61	0.06
Thailand	1993–2013	41	0.8 (0.6–1.0)	0.81	0.42	0.45	0.13
India	1990–2013	109	0.5 (0.4–0.6)	0.70	0.32	0.63	0.05

Data from Sulaimani is local. Data from the other countries are compiled from the tables of diagnostic subgroups in the WHO IICC-3 website [https://iirc.iarc.fr/results/comparative.php
ASIR age-specific incidence rate, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, na information not available.

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