{"slug": "can-burd-malt-isl", "title": "The Cancer Burden of the residents of the Maltese Islands", "pdfUrl": "https://dhir.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/can_burd__malt_isl.pdf", "sourcePage": "https://dhir.gov.mt/en/registries/cancers/", "group": "Registry", "topic": "Cancers", "tables": [{"caption": "Table 1: Total number of new cases Male: Average annual", "header": ["Cancer site/ type", "Total number of new cases registered between 2001-2005 Female Male  Total", "", "", "Male: Female ratio", "Average annual incidence", "", ""], "rows": [["Cancer site/ type", "Female", "Male", "Total", "Male: Female ratio", "F", "M", "T"], ["Breast", "1084", "12", "1096", "1:90", "217", "2", "219"], ["Colorectum", "383", "465", "848", "1:0.8", "77", "93", "170"], ["Lung", "100", "502", "602", "1:0.2", "20", "100", "120"], ["Prostate", "-", "622", "622", "-", "-", "124", "124"], ["Body of uterus", "278", "-", "278", "-", "56", "-", "56"], ["Urinary bladder", "52", "222", "274", "1:0.2", "10", "44", "54"], ["Stomach", "96", "163", "259", "1:0.6", "19", "33", "52"], ["Lymphoma*", "100", "132", "232", "1:0.8", "20", "26", "46"], ["Pancreas", "108", "111", "219", "1:1", "22", "22", "44"], ["Ovary", "167", "-", "167", "-", "33", "-", "33"], ["Cutaneous malignant melanoma", "87", "78", "165", "1:1", "17", "16", "33"], ["Kidney", "42", "92", "134", "1:0.5", "8", "18", "26"], ["Thyroid", "105", "21", "126", "1:5", "21", "4", "25"], ["All cancers (excl. NMS)", "3270", "3317", "6587", "1:1", "654", "663", "1317"]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: Cancer site Malta Italy UK France Sweden EU15", "header": ["Cancer site", "Malta2005", "Italy1998", "UK1998", "France1998", "Sweden1998", "EU15average1998"], "rows": [["Breast, females", "101.2", "87.9", "94.7", "107.7", "114.0", "92.0"], ["Colorectum, males", "49.4", "54.4", "50.0", "55.7", "45.9", "54.7"], ["Colorectum, females", "27.3", "35.5", "33.5", "34.6", "35.0", "35.9"], ["Lung, males", "44.3", "83.7", "72.2", "74.0", "30.9", "74.0"], ["Lung, females", "9.6", "13.2", "34.5", "11.0", "18.2", "17.3"], ["Prostate", "70.4", "52.8", "61.0", "87.1", "115.0", "67.6"], ["Body of uterus", "24.3", "16.5", "14.4", "16.2", "23.6", "15.4"], ["Stomach, males", "15.9", "26.6", "18.1", "14.5", "11.5", "20.2"], ["Stomach, females", "6.2 1", "3.2 7.", "5 5.5", "", "5.4", "9.5"], ["Ovary", "11.0", "11.7", "17.8", "13.0", "15.6", "14.4"], ["All cancers (excl. NMS), males", "334.5", "425.6", "381.3", "465.8", "371.2", "412.1"], ["All cancers (excl. NMS), females", "288.8", "286.0", "316.5", "288.7", "337.8", "289.9"]]}, {"caption": "Table 3: Total number of cancer deaths Male", "header": ["Cancer site", "Total number of cancer deaths between 2001-2005", "", "", "Male: Female ratio", "Average annual mortality", "", ""], "rows": [["Cancer site", "Female", "Male", "Total", "Male: Female ratio", "F", "M", "T"], ["Lung", "96", "561", "657", "1:0.2", "1921", "112", "131"], ["Colorectum", "210", "223", "433", "1:0.9", "42", "45", "87"], ["Breast", "338", "3", "341", "1:113", "68", "0.6", "68"], ["Pancreas", "115", "121", "236", "1:1", "23", "24", "47"], ["Stomach", "83", "118", "201", "1:0.7", "17", "24", "41"], ["Prostate", "-", "179", "179", "-", "-", "36", "36"], ["All lymphomas", "54", "68", "122", "1:0.8", "10", "14", "24"], ["All leukaemias", "46", "68", "114", "1:0.71", "9", "14", "23"], ["Ovary", "126", "-", "126", "-", "25", "-", "25"], ["Urinary bladder", "23", "105", "128", "1:0.2", "5", "21", "26"], ["All cancers (excl. NMS)", "1579", "1986", "3565", "1:0.8", "316", "397", "713"]]}, {"caption": "Table 4: Cancer site Malta Italy UK France Sweden EU15", "header": ["Cancer site", "Malta2005", "Italy1998", "UK1998", "France1998", "Sweden1998", "EU15average1998"], "rows": [["Breast, females", "28.1", "26.0", "33.0", "27.8", "24.6", "28.3"], ["Colorectum, males", "22.5", "25.0", "26.6", "26.3", "21.4", "26.9"], ["Colorectum, females", "15.5", "15.6", "16.9", "16.0", "15.3", "17.4"], ["Lung, males", "49.9", "74.7", "65.9", "69.0", "32.2", "68.3"], ["Lung, females", "6.8", "11.9", "30.3", "10.5", "17.8", "15.5"], ["Prostate", "20.9", "19.1", "26.4", "27.1", "37.7", "25.6"], ["Body of uterus", "4.8 3", ".2 2.6", "3.0", "", "3.1", "2.9"], ["Stomach, males", "10.9", "19.5", "13.2", "10.", "6 9.6", "15.1"], ["Stomach, females", "5.1 9", ".4 5.7", "4.2", "", "4.4", "7.3"], ["Ovary", "8.9 6", ".6 11.", "6 8.2", "", "8.9", "8.6"], ["All cancers (excl. NMS), males", "184.0", "254.6", "240.6", "279.1", "189.4", "250.1"], ["All cancers (excl. NMS), females", "120.5", "132.5", "167.9", "128.0", "138.4", "141.2"]]}, {"caption": "Table 5: Cancer site Maltese cases in EUROCARE-4 pool", "header": ["Cancer site", "Maltese cases in EUROCARE-4(1995-1999)", "EUROCARE-4 pool(1995-1999)"], "rows": [["Breast", "75.9", "79.5"], ["Colorectum", "51.2", "53.5"], ["Lung", "8.7", "10.2"], ["Prostate", "71.2", "73.9"], ["Ovary", "30.4", "34.2"], ["Melanoma", "82.7", "85.4"]]}, {"caption": "Table 6: Nnual ave by rage", "header": ["Indicators 2003 2004 2005 A", "nnual ave", "rage,", "", "2003-2005"], "rows": [["No. of new referrals, males", "310", "359", "391", "353"], ["No. of new referrals, females", "370", "450", "448", "423"], ["No. of new referrals, total", "680", "799", "839", "773"], ["No. of patients given Radiotherapy", "473", "564", "566", "534"], ["* Linac", "329", "383", "392", "368"], ["* Cobalt", "104", "138", "144", "129"], ["* SXR", "20", "30", "18", "23"], ["* Radio-iodine", "8", "13", "12", "11"], ["No. of patients given Chemotherapy", "177", "201", "172", "183"], ["No. of patients given Hormone therapy", "177", "256", "213", "215"]]}]}