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Table 4 Age distribution of upper GI malignancy

From: Trends in upper gastrointestinal diagnosis over four decades in Lusaka, Zambia: a retrospective analysis of endoscopic findings

Age group (years)

1977–1985a

1987–1996

1997–2006

2007–2014

Total

Oesophageal cancer

16–44

4 (13)

13 (31)

12 (21)

82 (27)

111 (25)

45–59

14 (47)

17 (40)

22 (39)

102 (33)

155 (35)

60 and over

12 (40)

12 (29)

22 (39)

125 (40)

171 (39)

Gastric cancer

16–44

4 (19)

12 (29)

38 (37)

46 (22)

100 (27)

45–59

8 (38)

13 (32)

25 (24)

67 (33)

113 (31)

60 and over

9 (43)

16 (39)

39 (38)

92 (45)

156 (42)

  1. aNo data from 1986 retrieved. Decades are not uniform as in Table 1