Table 1.

Cases and crude rates for upper digestive tract cancers in the LSS by sex between 1958 and 2009

	Male							Female
		Oral cavity and pharynx		Esophagus		Stomach			Oral cavity and pharynx		Esophagus		Stomach
	Person-years	No. of cases	Crude rate per 105	No. of cases	Crude rate per 105	No. of cases	Crude rate per 105	Person-years	No. of cases	Crude rate per 105	No. of cases	Crude rate per 105	No. of cases	Crude rate per 105
City
Hiroshima	807,736	166	20.6	297	36.8	2,316	286.7	1,385,540	111	8.0	68	4.9	1,963	141.7
Nagasaki	334,498	70	20.9	97	29.0	774	231.4	551,726	47	8.5	24	4.3	608	110.2
Age at diagnosis (years)
< 40	292,684	6	2.0	1	0.3	53	18.1	353,393	5	1.4	0	0.0	66	18.7
40-	187,459	14	7.5	9	4.8	150	80.0	298,867	14	4.7	5	1.7	134	44.8
50-	229,593	53	23.1	63	27.4	470	204.7	385,173	28	7.3	5	1.3	339	88.0
60-	238,160	84	35.3	152	63.8	1,038	435.8	413,004	31	7.5	27	6.5	641	155.2
70-	143,799	62	43.1	124	86.2	982	682.9	313,324	44	14.0	22	7.0	805	256.9
≥80	50,542	17	33.6	45	89.0	397	785.5	173,496	36	20.7	33	19.0	586	337.8
Smoking (pack-years)
Unknown	703,265	99	14.1	167	23.7	1,208	171.8	1,113,220	65	5.8	41	3.7	1,236	111.0
0	65,785	10	15.2	10	15.2	190	288.8	694,422	79	11.4	39	5.6	1,070	154.0
1–29	150,711	32	21.2	39	25.9	463	307.2	108,558	9	8.3	9	8.3	203	187.0
30–49	155,771	59	37.9	100	64.2	738	473.8	18,095	4	22.1	3	16.6	53	292.9
≥50	66,702	36	54.0	78	116.9	491	736.1	2,971	1	33.7	0	0.0	9	302.9
Alcohol drinking (ethanol g/week)
Unknown	808,936	130	16.1	218	26.9	1,807	223.4	1,071,800	65	6.1	38	3.5	1,188	110.8
0	63,421	12	18.9	14	22.1	218	343.7	668,340	66	9.9	40	6.0	1,036	155.0
0–190	135,837	39	28.7	52	38.3	534	393.1	183,633	25	13.6	11	6.0	322	175.3
200–390	66,703	22	33.0	45	67.5	270	404.8	9,818	1	10.2	1	10.2	23	234.3
≥400	67,338	33	49.0	65	96.5	261	387.6	3,669	1	27.3	2	54.5	2	54.5
Total	1,142,234	236	20.7	394	34.5	3,090	270.5	1,937,266	158	8.2	92	4.7	2,571	132.7

Note: The person-years showed were rounded; the sum of the numeric totals does not necessarily equal the total in lowest row.