Africa · Northern
Key Facts
—Mortality decline. Age-standardised cancer mortality in Egypt fell 23.5% between 2022 and 2024, with annual deaths dropping from roughly 95,300 to 80,500.
—Incidence reduction. New cancer cases decreased 17.2% on an age-standardised basis, from 166.1 to 137.6 per 100,000 people, despite a 9.8% population increase.
—Liver and bladder drivers. Liver cancer deaths fell 22.1% following the “100 Million Health” hepatitis C eradication campaign, while bladder cancer cases dropped 19% after decades of schistosomiasis control.
