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    Most Fatal Cancers in South Africa - Dataset - openAFRICA

    • open.africa
    Updated Oct 22, 2015
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    (2015). Most Fatal Cancers in South Africa - Dataset - openAFRICA [Dataset]. https://open.africa/dataset/most-fatal-cancers-in-south-africa
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    Oct 22, 2015
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Area covered
    South Africa
    Description

    Two datasets that explore causes of death due to cancer in South Africa, drawing on data from the Revised Burden of Disease estimates for the Comparative Risk Factor Assessment for South Africa, 2000. The number and percentage of deaths due to cancer by cause are ranked for persons, males and females in the tables below. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer in SA accounting for 17% of all cancer deaths. This is followed by oesophagus Ca which accounts for 13%, cervix cancer accounting for 8%, breast cancer accounting for 8% and liver cancer which accounts for 6% of all cancers. Many more males suffer from lung and oesophagus cancer than females.

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    Most Fatal Cancers in South Africa

    • data.wu.ac.at
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    Updated Oct 22, 2015
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    Code for Africa (2015). Most Fatal Cancers in South Africa [Dataset]. https://data.wu.ac.at/odso/africaopendata_org/NTVhZjQ2YWMtYThkNi00YWIzLWI2MzktZDBkMDA4NDgzYTA5
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    Dataset updated
    Oct 22, 2015
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    Code for Africa
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Two datasets that explore causes of death due to cancer in South Africa, drawing on data from the Revised Burden of Disease estimates for the Comparative Risk Factor Assessment for South Africa, 2000.

    The number and percentage of deaths due to cancer by cause are ranked for persons, males and females in the tables below.

    Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer in SA accounting for 17% of all cancer deaths. This is followed by oesophagus Ca which accounts for 13%, cervix cancer accounting for 8%, breast cancer accounting for 8% and liver cancer which accounts for 6% of all cancers. Many more males suffer from lung and oesophagus cancer than females.

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Most Fatal Cancers in South Africa - Dataset - openAFRICA

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Dataset updated
Oct 22, 2015
License

Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License information was derived automatically

Area covered
South Africa
Description

Two datasets that explore causes of death due to cancer in South Africa, drawing on data from the Revised Burden of Disease estimates for the Comparative Risk Factor Assessment for South Africa, 2000. The number and percentage of deaths due to cancer by cause are ranked for persons, males and females in the tables below. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer in SA accounting for 17% of all cancer deaths. This is followed by oesophagus Ca which accounts for 13%, cervix cancer accounting for 8%, breast cancer accounting for 8% and liver cancer which accounts for 6% of all cancers. Many more males suffer from lung and oesophagus cancer than females.

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