Table 1 Estimated number of ovarian cancer incident cases by region of the world in 2012
From: Global patterns and trends in ovarian cancer incidence: age, period and birth cohort analysis
Area | Female Population (thousands) | Incident cases | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|
World | 3,496,728 | 238,719 | 6.1 |
By development level | |||
 More developed regions | 639,750 | 99,752 | 9.2 |
 Less developed regions | 2,856,978 | 138,967 | 5.0 |
By human development level | |||
 Very high human development | 583,579 | 84,723 | 8.5 |
 High human development | 529,972 | 45,263 | 7.3 |
 Medium human development | 1,732,608 | 87,421 | 4.7 |
 Low human development | 649,116 | 21,203 | 4.7 |
Africa | 536,226 | 17,755 | 4.8 |
 Sub-Saharan Africa | 432,311 | 12,705 | 4.6 |
 Eastern Africa | 176,946 | 5907 | 5.5 |
 Middle Africa | 66,998 | 1561 | 4.1 |
 Northern Africa | 103,915 | 5050 | 5.6 |
 Southern Africa | 29,530 | 1417 | 5.2 |
 Western Africa | 158,836 | 3820 | 3.6 |
Central and South America and Caribbean | 305,376 | 17,921 | 5.6 |
 Caribbean | 21,261 | 1205 | 5.0 |
 Central America | 81,200 | 3918 | 5.0 |
 South America | 202,913 | 12,798 | 5.8 |
North America | 177,315 | 23,529 | 8.1 |
Asia | 2,075,183 | 111,887 | 5.0 |
 Eastern Asia | 769,611 | 48,341 | 4.7 |
 South-Eastern Asia | 304,912 | 19,932 | 6.5 |
 South-Central Asia | 884,657 | 38,388 | 4.9 |
 Western Asia | 116,002 | 5226 | 5.3 |
Europe | 383,793 | 65,584 | 9.9 |
 Central and Eastern Europe | 156,037 | 28,259 | 11.4 |
 Northern Europe | 50,931 | 10,023 | 11 |
 Southern Europe | 80,058 | 12,872 | 9.1 |
 Western Europe | 96,765 | 14,430 | 7.5 |
Oceania | 18,833 | 2043 | 8.0 |
 Australia/New Zealand | 13,758 | 1718 | 7.6 |
 Melanesia | 4468 | 294 | 8.1 |
 Micronesia | 271 | 9 | 3.0 |
 Polynesia | 334 | 22 | 6.8 |