Upper gastrointestinal cancer burden in Hebei Province, China: A population-based study

Table 2 Mortality rates of upper gastrointestinal cancer in Hebei Province from the 1970s to 2013

	1973-1975			1990-1992			2004-2005			2013
	Both	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female
Deaths	72347	49516	22831	10429	7049	3380	7103	4927	2176	4498	3000	1498
Crude rate (1/105)	50.53	67.68	32.61	53.72	70.82	35.72	51.24	69.16	32.29	40.21	52.54	27.35
ASR China (1/105)	57.61	79.19	36.29	65.24	90.35	41.46	45.84	64.49	27.71	32.76	44.86	21.28
ASR World (1/105)	58.07	80.04	36.30	65.62	91.02	41.45	46.01	64.75	27.70	32.63	44.77	21.03
Ratio (%)	51.29	58.14	40.86	47.00	49.75	42.13	38.55	41.94	32.59	27.64	29.55	24.49
Median age (yr)	66.15	65.78	67.04	66.22	65.81	67.11	68.09	67.64	69.23	70.39	69.21	72.95

ASR China: Age-standardized rate based on China’s standard population (2000); ASR World: Age-standardized rate based on the world standard population.