Incidence and mortality of gastric cancer in China

Table 1 The first 20 areas with high mortality rate for gastric cancer in China - according to the second national mortality survey in 1990-1992 (rate per 100 000)

Area	Rate	Area	Rate
Wuwei town, Gansu	117.78	Jiyuan town, Henan	66.59
Yangcheng county, Shanxi	104.01	Zhangye town, Gansu	64.43
Pingshun county, Shanxi	96.95	Jiaxian county, Shaanxi	64.36
Changle county, Fujian	93.38	Tianchang county, Anhui	63.04
Shexian county, Hebei	85.64	Tianzhu Tibet Autho county, Gansu	59.18
Lujiang county, Anhui	84.46	Putian county, Fujian	58.83
Zanghuang county, Hebei	77.67	Linxian county, Henan	58.56
Neixiang county, Henan	77.45	Wudu county, Gansu	58.54
Yuanqu county, Shanxi	74.22	Tianjian Dist.,Fuzhou city, Fujian	57.52
Linze county, Gansu	66.69	Xianju county, Zhejiang	53.99

Table 2 Changes in the age-standardized mortality rates of gastric cancer between 1973 and 1975 and between 1990 and1992 in China (rate per 100 000)

Area	Year 1973-1975			Year 1990-1992			Changes (%)
	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total
Whole country	27.1	13.0	19.8	30.1	13.8	21.8	11.0	6.3	10.0
Urban	27.3	13.3	20.1	21.2	9.8	15.3	-22.2	-26.7	-23.8
Rural	26.7	12.6	19.4	33.7	15.4	24.4	26.4	22.1	25.8

Table 3 Gastric cancer incidence and mortality in China in 2000 and 2005

		Men		Women
		Year2000	Year2005	Year2000	Year2005
Mortality (per 100 000)
rates	Age 45-54	45.5	43.3	20.5	19.0
	Age 55-64	109.4	89.4	46.6	40.1
	Age 65-74	229.4	198.3	104.6	91.3
	Age 75+	289.6	261.9	133.3	116.3
	ASR1	32.7	288	15.0	13.3
Number of deaths		200518	197222	95942	97843
Incidence (per 100 000)
rates	Age 45-54	70	66.7	31.6	29.3
	Age 55-64	145.7	11.9	62.1	53.4
	Age 65-74	264.3	228.5	120.5	105.2
	Age 75+	288.8	261.2	133	116
	ASR1	41.9	37.1	19.5	17.4
Number of cases		256256	253110	121485	123883

¹ASR: Age-standardized rate (adjusted by the world standard population).