Incidence and mortality of primary liver cancer in England and Wales: Changing patterns and ethnic variations

Table 1 Distribution of primary liver cancer in England and Wales by ethnic groups from 1993-2008 n (%)

Year	Primary liver cancer
	All groups	Whites	Afro-Caribbeans	Black Africans	South Asians	Chinese	Others
1993	563 (38.3)	554 (98.4)	2 (0.4)	0 (0.0)	7 (1.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
1994	570 (36.4)	561 (98.4)	1 (0.2)	1 (0.2)	4 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	3 (0.5)
1995	605 (35.9)	587 (97.0)	2 (0.3)	2 (0.3)	7 (1.2)	4 (0.7)	3 (0.5)
1996	888 (46.5)	863 (97.2)	3 (0.3)	3 (0.3)	7 (0.8)	4 (0.5)	8 (0.9)
1997	990 (48.7)	964 (97.4)	1 (0.1)	4 (0.4)	11 (1.1)	7 (0.7)	3 (0.3)
1998	1075 (51.4)	1034 (96.2)	5 (0.5)	8 (0.7)	15 (1.4)	5 (0.5)	8 (0.7)
1999	1003 (47.7)	953 (95.0)	11 (1.1)	3 (0.3)	15 (1.5)	8 (0.8)	13 (1.3)
2000	977 (41.9)	913 (93.4)	24 (2.5)	8 (0.8)	17 (1.7)	5 (0.5)	10 (1.0)
2001	443 (19.1)	365 (82.4)	35 (7.9)	8 (1.8)	11 (2.5)	7 (1.6)	17 (3.8)
2002	529 (21.3)	461 (87.1)	23 (3.9)	8 (1.5)	18 (3.4)	9 (1.7)	10 (1.9)
2003	508 (20.7)	436 (85.8)	20 (4.3)	11 (2.2)	25 (4.9)	3 (0.6)	13 (2.6)
2004	741 (28.4)	647 (87.3)	30 (4.0)	18 (2.4)	20 (2.7)	6 (0.8)	20 (2.7)
2005	908 (31.8)	784 (86.3)	57 (6.3)	17 (1.9)	26 (2.9)	8 (0.9)	16 (1.8)
2006	1156 (39.0)	962 (83.2)	96 (8.3)	13 (1.1)	49 (4.2)	10 (0.9)	26 (2.2)
2007	1276 (41.3)	1058 (82.9)	110 (8.6)	14 (1.1)	41 (3.2)	20 (1.6)	33 (2.6)
2008	1273 (40.3)	1135 (89.2)	43 (3.4)	12 (0.9)	34 (2.7)	11 (0.9)	38 (3.0)