Eswatini

Abstract

Males Females Both sexes Population 673 634 717 751 1 391 385 Number of new cancer cases 364 710 1 074 Age-standardized incidence rate (World) 108.1 140.7 125.1 Risk of developing cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 9.5 12.8 11.4 Number of cancer deaths 237 423 660 Age-standardized mortality rate (World) 78.4 93.3 86.2 Risk of dying from cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 6.3 8.9 7.8 5-year prevalent cases 645 1 432 2 077 Top 5 most frequent cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (ranked by cases) Prostate Kaposi sarcoma Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Liver Penis Cervix uteri Breast Kaposi sarcoma Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Corpus uteri Cervix uteri Kaposi sarcoma Prostate Breast Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Number of new cases in 2018, both sexes, all ages Total: 1 074 Cervix uteri 380 (35.4%) Kaposi sarcoma 104 (9.7%) Prostate 82 (7.6%) Breast 75 (7%) Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 48 (4.5%) Other cancers 385 (35.8%) Number of new cases in 2018, males, all ages Total: 364 Prostate 82 (22.5%) Kaposi sarcoma 64 (17.6%) Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 23 (6.3%) Liver 20 (5.5%) Penis 17 (4.7%) Other cancers 158 (43.4%) Number of new cases in 2018, females, all ages Total: 710 Cervix uteri 380 (53.5%) Breast 75 (10.6%) Kaposi sarcoma 40 (5.6%) Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 25 (3.5%) Corpus uteri 20 (2.8%) Other cancers 170 (23.9%) Geography Numbers at a glance Total population 1 391 385 Number of new cases 1 074 Number of deaths 660 Number of prevalent cases (5-year) 2 077 Data source and methods Incidence Country-specific data source: Swaziland National Cancer Registry Method: Most recent rates from a single registry applied to 2018 population Mortality Country-specific data source: No data Method: Estimated from national incidence estimates by modelling, using incidence:mortality ratios derived from cancer registry data in neighbouring countries Prevalence Computed using sex-; site-and age-specific incidence to 1-;3-and 5-year prevalence ratios from Nordic countries for the period (2000-2009), and scaled using Human Development Index (HDI) ratios.