Bayesian adjustment for over-estimation and under-estimation of gastric cancer incidence across Iranian provinces

Table 3 Age standardized rate of gastric cancer incidence before and after Bayesian correction in Iranian provinces 2008

Province	Before Bayesian correction			After Bayesian correction
	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female	Both
Fars	12.21	7.01	9.61	6.43	3.69	5.06
Isfahan	0.94	5.56	3.25	0.84	4.95	2.89
Razavi Khorasan	10.24	24.18	17.21	6.91	16.31	11.61
East Azerbaijan	26.61	12.09	19.35	15.82	7.19	11.51
Mazandaran	28.53	15.57	22.05	23.16	12.64	17.9
Khozestan	13.82	7.78	10.8	10.27	5.78	8.02
Tehran	20.61	12.39	16.5	18.57	11.17	14.87
West Azerbaijan	17.26	8.68	12.97	26.27	13.21	19.74
Kohgiloye and boyerahmad	14.61	7.71	11.16	19.27	10.17	14.72
Hormozgan	4.71	4.02	4.37	20.33	17.35	18.85
Chaharmahal and bakhtyari	13.46	8.6	11.03	16.29	10.41	13.36
Sistan and balochestan	4.16	0.97	2.56	16.14	3.76	9.95
Ilam	17.16	6.33	11.75	28.48	10.51	19.5
North Khorasan	12.62	5.37	9	28.21	12.01	20.12
South Khorasan	9.7	7.62	8.66	19.77	15.53	17.66
Golestan	16.86	6.27	11.56	28	10.41	19.2
Qom	13.87	7.96	10.92	23.39	13.42	18.41
Ardebil	35.18	17.49	26.33	46.91	23.32	35.11
Bushehr	4.21	3.29	3.75	13.3	10.4	11.84
Qazvin	17.76	8.43	13.1	26.33	12.5	19.42
Markazi	11.67	5.75	8.71	18.88	9.3	14.09