Epidemiology of gastroenterologic cancer in Henan Province, China

Table 1 Estimated cancer mortality rates1 for males and females in Henan Province based on 15 selected registries

Site2	Years	Male		Female
		ADM1	%	ADM1	%
All sites	1974-76	193.68	100.00	133.29	100.00
(140-208)	1986-88	218.29	100.00	125.52	100.00
	1996-98	195.91	100.00	124.36	100.00
Esophagus	1974-76	70.06	45.62	36.34	36.65
(150)	1986-88	67.78	31.04	35.99	32.14
	1996-98	43.77	25.70	25.73	24.19
Stomach	1974-76	36.02	19.89	19.79	15.01
(151)	1986-88	63.45	30.39	31.90	24.97
	1996-98	51.56	26.85	31.71	24.19
Colon/rectum	1974-76	6.47	3.92	6.14	4.48
(153-154)	1986-88	6.33	3.36	6.23	4.83
	1996-98	7.89	4.12	8.41	5.04
Liver (155)	1974-76	17.54	11.53	8.21	7.70
	1986-88	26.63	14.96	11.48	10.93
	1996-98	32.02	16.37	16.16	14.58

1: Age-adjusted mortality, standardized using world standard population. 2: Numbers in parentheses are ICD-9.

Table 2 Urban and rural differences in mortality rates1 of cancer from selected sites in Henan Province, China (1980's and 1990's)

Site2	Sex	Urban area		Rural area
		1983-85	1997	1983-85	1997
All sites	M	170.09	149.52	208.80	190.34
(140-208)	F	99.89	52.83	126.99	103.07
Esophagus	M	78.74	12.10	87.63	50.03
(150)	F	45.62	5.48	57.29	25.58
Stomach	M	35.13	21.01	54.06	49.66
(151)	F	17.35	4.05	31.86	23.52
Colon/Rectum	M	8.10	8.92	6.38	9.17
(153-154)	F	5.48	2.36	4.36	4.81
Liver (155)	M	30.47	38.48	23.40	36.10
	F	11.11	9.43	11.28	17.06

1: Age-adjusted mortality, standardized using world standard population. 2: Numbers in parentheses are ICD-9.