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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 15, 2003; 9(11): 2557-2560
Published online Nov 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i11.2557
Published online Nov 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i11.2557
Table 2 Age-standardized mortality rates and proportion of major malignant cancers in China
| Type of tumor | Males | Females | Total | ||||||
| ASR | P (%) | Rank | ASR | P (%) | Rank | ASR | P (%) | Rank | |
| Stomach | 30.78 | 25.10 | 1 | 14.52 | 21.80 | 1 | 22.51 | 23.93 | 1 |
| Liver | 25.73 | 21.42 | 2 | 9.55 | 14.00 | 3 | 17.75 | 18.74 | 2 |
| Esophagus | 20.22 | 16.45 | 4 | 10.32 | 15.50 | 2 | 15.15 | 16.11 | 4 |
| Lung | 21.68 | 17.73 | 3 | 9.03 | 13.46 | 4 | 15.23 | 16.18 | 3 |
| Rectum | 3.60 | 2.94 | 5 | 2.55 | 3.80 | 7 | 3.06 | 3.29 | 5 |
| Leukemia | 3.46 | 2.67 | 6 | 2.86 | 3.70 | 8 | 3.16 | 3.04 | 6 |
| Breast | 2.93 | 4.24 | 6 | ||||||
| Brain& nervous system | 2.01 | 1.63 | 7 | 1.48 | 2.02 | 9 | 1.74 | 1.77 | 7 |
| Cervix | - | - | - | 3.16 | 4.62 | 5 | - | - | |
| Colon | 1.49 | 1.21 | 9 | 1.19 | 1.80 | 10 | 1.34 | 1.43 | 8 |
| Pancreas | 1.52 | 1.25 | 8 | 1.08 | 1.62 | 11 | 1.30 | 1.38 | 9 |
| Total | 122.35 | 100.00 | 67.61 | 100.00 | 94.58 | 100.00 | |||
- Citation: Chen KX, Wang PP, Zhang SW, Li LD, Lu FZ, Hao XS. Regional variations in mortality rates of pancreatic cancer in China: Results from 1990-1992 national mortality survey. World J Gastroenterol 2003; 9(11): 2557-2560
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v9/i11/2557.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v9.i11.2557