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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 28, 2014; 20(16): 4483-4490
Published online Apr 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i16.4483
Published online Apr 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i16.4483
Table 1 Gastric cancer incidence, mortality and prevalence in the world as reported in GLOBOCAN 2008[3]
| Total incidence | Incidence rate | Total mortality | Mortality rate | 5-yr prevalence | Prevalence | |
| (in 1000s) | per 100000 | (in 1000s) | per 100000 | (in 1000s) | ||
| World | 988 | 14.0 | 737 | 10.3 | 1598 | 5.5% |
| Asia | 727 | 18.5 | 530 | 13.4 | 1216 | 10.4% |
| Europe | 145 | 10.3 | 116 | 7.9 | 201 | 2.4% |
| Northern America | 24 | 4.2 | 12 | 2.1 | 37 | 0.8% |
| Africa | 22 | 4.0 | 21 | 3.8 | 30 | 2.1% |
- Citation: Rahman R, Asombang AW, Ibdah JA. Characteristics of gastric cancer in Asia. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(16): 4483-4490
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i16/4483.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i16.4483