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

Table 3 Mortality rates of upper gastrointestinal cancer in high-risk areas and non-high-risk areas of Hebei Province from the 1970s to 2013

	1973-1975				1990-1992				2004-2005				2013
	Deaths	Crude rate (1/105)	ASR World (1/105)	Median age (yr)	Deaths	Crude rate (1/105)	ASR World (1/105)	Median age (yr)	Deaths	Crude rate (1/105)	ASR World (1/105)	Median age (yr)	Deaths	Crude rate (1/105)	ASR World (1/105)	Median age (yr)
High-risk areas
Male	2975	214.94	286.44	62.99	3182	189.69	300.62	62.91	2005	158.63	188.08	65.46	969	143.19	131.41	69.22
Female	1536	118.93	150.76	64.70	1645	98.63	133.82	64.55	910	76.25	80.50	67.21	489	75.68	59.43	73.04
Both genders	4511	168.60	218.69	63.54	4827	140.79	203.94	63.48	2915	118.62	132.47	66.01	1458	110.22	93.46	70.37
Non-high-risk areas
Male	46541	64.85	76.49	65.95	3867	46.73	58.14	66.10	2922	49.87	45.00	67.12	2031	40.36	34.22	69.21
Female	21295	30.99	34.39	67.22	1735	22.26	24.85	66.36	1266	22.83	18.91	68.11	1009	20.89	15.91	72.91
Both genders	67836	48.28	55.34	66.32	5602	35.04	41.26	66.18	4188	36.72	31.77	67.41	3040	30.82	24.89	70.40

ASR World: Age-standardized rate based on the world standard population.