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Table 6 ASR of specific haematological cancer categories in Sarawak 2008 to 2012 and other countries/continents 2008 to 2012

From: The epidemiology of haematological cancers in Sarawak, Malaysia (1996 to 2015)

Country/Continent

HL (C81)

NHL (C82-86, C96)

Multiple myeloma (C90)

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Sarawak – all ethnic

0.9

0.7

5.3

4.0

0.8

0.7

Sarawak – Malay

0.7

0.8

5.9

4.6

0.3

0.5

Sarawak – Chinese

0.7

0.9

4.4

3.5

0.8

0.7

Sarawak – Iban

1.0

0.4

5.6

3.8

1.1

0.9

Sarawak – Bidayuh

1.3

1.1

6.8

6.2

0.6

1.5

Sarawak – Melanau

0.6

0.0

4.1

3.6

1.1

0.3

Malaysia (Penang) – all ethnic

0.9

0.5

7.4

5.5

0.8

0.7

Malaysia (Penang) – Malay

1.1

0.6

6.6

5.8

0.8

0.7

Malaysia (Penang) – Chinese

0.7

0.4

7.6

5.8

0.9

0.6

Singapore

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Thailand

0.1 to 0.9

0.2 to 0.5

5.6 to 9.2

3.7 to 6.7

0.9 to 1.2

0.8 to 1.2

Indonesia

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

China

0.1 to 0.9

0.1 to 0.6

1.8 to 7.6

1.1 to 5.4

0.3 to 4.5

0.1 to 0.3

Korea (South)

0.3 to 0.7

0.2 to 0.4

6.5

4.1

1.8

1.2

Japan

0.6 to 1.2

0.4 to 0.7

7.9 to 10.0

5.8 to 6.8

1.6 to 2.1

1.2 to 1.6

Western Europe: UK

2.9

2.2

12.4

9.0

4.6

3.0

Eastern Europe: Russian

1.6 to 2.8

1.5 to 2.6

3.9 to 5.5

3.2 to 4.0

1.0 to 1.7

1.3 to 1.6

North America: USA

2.7

2.2

14.1

9.7

4.7

3.2

South America: Brazil

1.2 to 3.1

1.4 to 2.2

6.4 to 15.0

5.2 to 9.9

2.4 to 5.1

1.9 to 4.2

Africa

0.4 to 1.8

0.0 to 2.3

1.6 to 16.1

1.1 to 11.8

0.5 to 3.7

0.2 to 4.0

Oceania: Australia

2.7

2.1

15.3

10.3

4.9

3.2