Incidence and mortality of gastric cancer in China

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).