From: Proportion of cancer in a Middle eastern country attributable to established risk factors
Risk factor | Percentage attributable risk factor PAF (%) in Females in 2008 | Projected incident cases in Lebanon 2018 (rate per 100,000). Data from Shamseddine et al. | Number of cases in 2018 resulting from risk factorsa |
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Tobacco smoking, former smokers and current smokers | Esophagus: 33% | 0.7 | 5 |
Larynx: 65% | 2.0 | 30 | |
Lung: 72% | 14.3 | 237 | |
Bladder: 40% | 13.4 | 123 | |
Gastric: 17% | 7.7 | 30 | |
Liver: 16% | 6.6 | 24 | |
Pancreas: 18% | 2.3 | 10 | |
Cervix: 21% | 5.8 | 28 | |
Body Mass Index (BMI), overweight and obese | Colon: 6% | 10.9 | 15 |
Rectum: 3% | 5.9 | 4 | |
Ovary: 9% | 22.0 | 46 | |
Liver: 15% | 6.6 | 23 | |
Renal cell: 29% | N/A | Â | |
EGCA: 39% | N/A | Â | |
Pancreas: 15% | 2.3 | 8 | |
Endometrium: 32% | N/A | Â | |
Breast: 5% | 137.0 | 158 | |
Physical activity, Low activity | Breast:6% | 137.0 | 189 |
Gastroesophageal:21% | N/A | Â | |
Bladder: 7% | 13.4 | 22 | |
Colorectal: 10% | Colon 10.9, Rectal 5.9 | 39 | |
Low adherence to Mediterranean diet | Gastric: 6% | 7.7 | 11 |
Colorectal: 2% | Colon 10.9, Rectal | 8 | |
Bladder: 1% | 5.9 | 3 | |
 | 13.4 |  | |
Alcohol, heavy drinkers | Oropharyngeal: 4% | 2.8 | 3 |
Esophagus: 6% | 0.7 | 1 | |
Liver: 3% | 6.6 | 5 | |
Colorectal:1Â =Â 0.2% | Colon 10.9, Rectal | 1 | |
Breast:0.5% | 5.9 137.0 | 16 | |
H. Pylori infection | Gastric: 50% | 7.7 | 89 |
Air pollution (PM2.5 concentration above allowable levels) | Lung: 13% | 14.3 | 43 |