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