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. 2023 Sep 18;23:876. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-11369-1

Table 1.

Mortality for pancreatic cancer in Western Pacific Region in 2019 and their change trend from 1990 to 2019

Global Western Pacific Region
2019
 Total mortality
  Number of deaths 531,107 (491,948 to 566,537) 178,276 (157,771 to 198,636)
  ASDR 6.62 (6.11 to 7.06) 6.71 (5.92 to 7.45)
 Mortality due to smoking
  Number of deaths 113,384 (98,830 to 128,466) 38,359 (31,806 to 45,750)
  ASDR 1.4 (1.22 to 1.59) 1.42 (1.18 to 1.67)
 Mortality due to high fasting plasma glucose
  Number of deaths 48,358 (11,540 to 103,691) 12,738 (2,881 to 28,589)
  ASDR 0.61 (0.14 to 1.30) 0.48 (0.11 to 1.08)
 Mortality due to high body-mass index
  Number of deaths 31,921 (11,964 to 59,676) 6,312 (1,812 to 14,033)
  ASDR 0.40 (0.15 to 0.74) 0.23 (0.07 to 0.52)
1990 to 2019
 Total mortality (age-standardized)
  Percentage change, 1990 to 2010 18.6% (14.2% to 23.2%) 39.7% (27.9% to 51.8%)
  Percentage change, 2010 to 2019 4.5% (-0.6% to 9.4%) 5.8% (-5.1% to 18.1%)
  Percentage change, 1990 to 2019 23.9% (16.4% to 32.4%) 47.8% (30.3% to 67.2%)
  EAPC, 1990 to 2019 0.77 (0.73 to 0.81) 1.5 (1.39 to 1.62)

ASDR age-standardized death rate, EAPC estimated annual percentage change