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MALAYSIAN CANCER STATISTICS
DATA AND FIGURE - PENINSULAR MALAYSIA 2006
National Cancer Registry - Ministry of Health Malaysia
POPULATION - DEPARTMENT OF STATISTIC MALAYSIA
Population of Peninsular Malaysia in 2006 - 24.8 million.
Sex
50.6% - Male
49.4% - Female
Ethnic Group
54.3% - Malay
25.1% - Chinese
07.5% - Indian
13.1% - Others
OVERALL CANCER INCIDENCE PER 100,000 (*CR)
A total of 21,773 cancer cases were diagnosed among Malaysians in Peninsular Malaysia in the year 2006 and registered in the National Cancer Registry. It comprises of 9,974 males and 11,799 females.
The Age Standardised Incidence Rate (ASR) for all cancers in the year 2006 regardless of sex was 131.3 per 100,000. and the five most common cancer among population of Peninsular Malaysia in 2006 were breast, colorectal, lung, cervix and nasopharynx.
In 2006, Liver Cancer is ranked 6th overall, 5th among males and 9th among females in Peninsular Malaysia. There were a total of 793 2006 cases registered with NCR and comprises of 568 males and 225 females. The Age Standardised Incidence Rate calculated was 4,9 per 100,000 for both sexes and for males and females were 7.2 and 2.7 per 100,000 population respectively..
*CR - Crude Incidence Rate
The number of new cancer cases (incidence cases) observed in the population during the defined period divided by the number of population at risk at the same period. It is usually expressed per 100,000.
VARIATION IN LIVER CANCER INCIDENCE PER 100,000 (CR)
Cancer seems to be predominant among Chinese as compared to Malay and Indian. The most frequent liver cancers incidence occurs in older age group (50 years old and above) and were predominant among men.
TEN MOST FREQUENT CANCERS PER 100,000 (CR)
16.5% - Breast
13.2% - Colorectal
09.4% - Lung
04.9% - Cervix Uteri
04.5% - Nasopharynx
04.1% - Thyroid Gland
03.6% - Liver
03.6% - Stomach
03.4% - Prostate Gland
03.2% - Lymphoma
TEN MOST FREQUENT CANCERS IN MALES PER 100,000 (CR)
16.2% - Colorectal
14.5% - Lung
07.5% - Nasopharynx
07.4% - Prostate Gland
05.7% - Liver (Ranked 5)
04.7% - Bladder
04.5% - Stomach
04.2% - Lymphoma
03.6% - Leukemia
03.6% - Brain
TEN MOST FREQUENT CANCERS PER 100,000 (CR) IN FEMALES
29.9% - Breast
10.6% - Colorectal
09.1% - Cervix Uteri
05.8% - Ovary
05.7% - Thyroid Gland
05.1% - Lung
03.2% - Corpus Uteri
02.7% - Stomach
02.6% - Brain
02.4% - Lymphoma
01.9% - Liver (Ranked 16)
LIVER CANCER CASES PER 100,000 (CR) BY ETHNIC GROUP
Malay Male - 05.2% (212)
Malay Female - 01.7% (082)
Chinese Male - 06.2% (254)
Chinese Female - 02.0% (088)
Indian Male - 04.1% (026)
Indian Female - 0.19% (020)
LIVER CANCER CASES PER 1`00,000 (CR) BY AGE IN GROUP
Sex Age 0 -14 Age 15-49 Age 50-69 Age 70+
Male 02.4% (04) 05.2% (133) 06.8% (323) 04.4% (108)
Female 01.0% (01) 01.5% (066) 01.7% (091) 03.7% (067)
LIVER CANCER INCIDENCE PER 100,000 (CR)
Male - 71.00% (568)
Female - 28.40% (225)
Total - 100.00% (793)
LIVER CANCER INCIDENCE PER 100,000 (CR) BY ETHNICITY
Ethnic Group Male Female
Malay 43.1% (212) 43.2% (82)
Chinese 51.6% (254) 46.3% (88)
Indian 05.3% (26) 10.5% (20)
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