Helicobacter pylori infection causes gastric cancer A? review of the epidemiological, meta-analytic, and experimental evidence

Table 2 Globocan 2002 incidence, mortality, and survival data for gastric cancer

	Incidence			Mortality			Prevalence
	n	CR	ASR	Deaths	CR	ASR	1-year	5-year
Males
World	603 419	19.3	22	446 052	14.3	16.3	302 067	951 403
Developed	195 782	33.7	22.3	128 721	22.2	14.5	117 377	409 777
Under-developed	405 211	15.9	21.5	315 603	12.4	17	184 690	541 626
Females
World	330 518	10.7	10.4	254 297	8.3	7.9	166 436	522 156
Developed	115 372	18.8	10	83 515	13.6	6.9	66 319	227 316
Under-developed	214 024	8.7	10.4	169 971	6.9	8.3	100 117	294 840

CR: Crude rate; ASR: Age standardized rate (World Standard).