An analysis: Colon cancer mortality in Tianjin, China, from 1981 to 2000

Table 1 Age distribution of colon cancer mortality in TianJin during 1981–2000.

Age at death	Male			Female			Total
	Death	prop (%)	rate	Death	prop (%)	rate	Death	prop (%)	rate
0-	2	0.2	0.02	2	0.2	0.02	4	0.2	0.02
20-	4	0.4	0.14	4	0.4	0.15	8	0.4	0.14
25-	15	1.4	0.43	8	0.7	0.24	23	1.1	0.34
30-	25	2.4	0.69	21	1.9	0.6	46	2.1	0.64
35-	29	2.8	0.83	23	2.1	0.67	52	2.4	0.75
40-	32	3.1	1.1	31	2.8	1.07	63	2.9	1.08
45-	48	4.6	2.1	63	5.7	2.71	111	5.2	2.41
50-	58	5.6	2.99	68	6.1	3.39	126	5.9	3.19
55-	115	11	6.53	119	10.8	6.37	234	10.9	6.4 4
60-	143	13.7	9.11	145	13.1	8.7	288	13.4	8.88
65-	166	15.9	13.27	190	17.2	14.85	356	16.6	14.05
70-	187	18	22.12	164	14.8	18.77	351	16.3	20.4
75-	139	13.4	29.31	145	13.1	27.44	284	13.2	28.29
80-	58	5.6	26.83	90	8.1	32.64	148	6.9	30.07
85-	20	1.9	22.47	33	3	21.86	53	2.5	22.07
Total	1 041	100	2.92	1 106	100	3.15	2 147	100	3.04

Prop: proportion; rate: 1/100000.