Abstract
Over the quinquennium 1964-68 the crude annual incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma in Uganda per million of the population was 7·9 overall, 14·6 for males and 1·1 for females. Statistical analysis indicates that the disease is most prevalent in highland areas to the west and among the indigenous Bantu tribes. There was no correlation with the distribution of squamous cell carcinoma of the lower leg, and Kaposi's sarcoma was not seen in an Indian or European during the period under review.
Highlights
NEARLY a century has passed since distribution has been reported from Moricz Kaposi (1872) described the mul- Tanzania (Burkitt and Slavin, 1968) and tiple pigmented haemorrhagic sarcoma of Kenya where Rogoff (1968) noted that skin known as Kaposi's sarcoma. the tribes with the highest incidence Early observations in Europe and America lived in high, cool country with a moderate suggested that the disease was most pre- rainfall
During the 5-year period, the annual registration of Kaposi's sarcoma remained relatively constant, but there was a steady increase in the annual number of all cancers reported (Table I)
If the age-sex rates of Kaposi's sarcoma shown in Table II are applied to the non-African population (83% of whom have Indian subcontinent ethnic origins) an expected number of 3*9 patients is obtained for the period 1964-68
Summary
During the 5-year period, the annual registration of Kaposi's sarcoma remained relatively constant, but there was a steady increase in the annual number of all cancers reported (Table I). TABLE I.-The New Registrations of Patients with Cancer and of Patienis with Kaposi's Sarcoma, and the Total. Number of Biopsies Examined, in the Kampala Cancer Registry during the Period 1964-68
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