Health disparities are associated with gastric cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios in 57 countries

Table 1 Case number, rate and mortality-to-incidence ratio of the incidence and mortality of gastric cancer according to region

Region	Number		Crude rate		Age-standardized rate		Mortality-to-incidence ratio1
	Incidence	Mortality	Incidence	Mortality	Incidence	Mortality
World	951594	723073	13.5	10.2	12.1	8.9	0.76
Development
More developed regions	274509	174756	22.0	14.0	10.6	6.4	0.64
Less developed regions	677085	548317	11.7	9.4	12.7	10.2	0.80
WHO region categories
WHO Africa region	19110	17589	2.2	2.0	4.0	3.7	0.91
WHO Americas region	85354	65130	8.9	6.8	6.9	5.1	0.76
WHO East Mediterranean region	23454	20789	3.8	3.3	5.5	4.9	0.87
WHO Europe region	161846	126315	17.9	14.0	10.0	7.4	0.78
WHO South-East Asia region	90558	83249	4.9	4.5	5.7	5.3	0.92
WHO Western Pacific region	571139	409897	31.0	22.2	22.8	15.7	0.72
Continent
Africa	23806	21801	2.2	2.0	3.8	3.5	0.91
Latin America and Caribbean	60852	51435	10.1	8.5	9.7	8.1	0.84
Northern America	24502	13695	7.0	3.9	4.0	2.1	0.56
Asia	699954	527074	16.5	12.4	15.8	11.7	0.75
Europe	139667	107360	18.8	14.5	9.4	6.9	0.77
Oceania	2813	1708	7.5	4.5	5.1	3.0	0.60

¹The percentage in the ratio of the crude rate of mortalities and the crude rate of incidences.