Bayesian adjustment of gastric cancer mortality rate in the presence of misclassification

Table 1 Misclassified parameter and the number of gastric cancer death before and after Bayesian correction and percent of increase in number of deaths after Bayesian correction in Iran’s death registry 2006-2010

Year	Misclassified parameter	Before Bayesian correction			After Bayesian correction
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
2006	5%	3887	1642	5529	4081	1724	5805
2007	3%	4001	1690	5691	4121	1740	5861
2008	3%	3912	1652	5564	4029	1702	5731
2009	7%	3907	1650	5557	4180	1766	5946
2010	7%	3944	1665	5609	4220	1782	6002

Table 2 Incidence and mortality age standardized rates per 100000 populations due to gastric cancer for some continents, reported by GLOBOCAN 2012

Continent	Incidence ASR	Mortality ASR
World	12.1	8.9
Asia	15.8	11.7
Europe	9.4	6.9
South America	10.3	8.5
North America	4.0	2.1
Africa	3.8	3.5

ASR: Age standardized rates.

Table 3 Incidence and mortality age standardized rates per 100000 populations due to gastric cancer for different regions of Asia, reported by GLOBOCAN 2012

Region	Incidence ASR	Mortality ASR
Eastern Asia	24.2	16.5
Western Asia	9.5	8.1
South-Central Asia	6.7	6.1
South-Eastern Asia	6.0	5.3

ASR: Age standardized rates.