Table 1. Estimated annual percent changes (EAPCs) in mortality rates of cancer by site, age, area and sex.

Cancer	EAPC (age group) (years)	rural-male	rural-female	urban-male	urban-female
Stomach	15–44	0.1	−0.9	0.7	0.0
	45–54	−0.6	−1.1	0.4	−0.5
	55–64	−2.7	−2.6	−4.2	−2.8
	65–74	−2.5	−1.9	−2.8	−2.9
	75+	−2.0	−2.6	−1.6	−2.2
Oesophagus	15–44	−2.8	−5.5	5.1	−0.1
	45–54	−2.0	−4.1	2.3	−4.3
	55–64	−3.8	−3.9	−4.0	−4.3
	65–74	−1.5	−3.3	−3.4	−3.9
	75+	−1.7	−1.7	−1.9	−2.4
Liver	15–44	0.5	2.6	2.0	2.1
	45–54	1.7	2.4	1.2	0.2
	55–64	−0.3	0.7	−2.2	0.4
	65–74	1.8	1.0	−0.3	0.6
	75+	2.0	0.8	0.3	1.1
Lung	15–44	4.4	2.4	4.1	3.0
	45–54	4.6	6.7	1.8	0.0
	55–64	0.5	4.1	−2.3	−0.5
	65–74	3.9	4.7	0.9	1.3
	75+	4.8	5.3	2.6	3.6
Colon-rectal	15–44	1.5	−1.5	−0.7	−0.9
	45–54	0.7	−0.5	3.6	2.0
	55–64	−0.3	−0.5	−0.5	−0.9
	65–74	2.1	−0.5	2.2	1.6
	75+	1.1	−2.2	1.5	1.3
Cervix	15–44	—	2.8	—	7.3
	45–54	—	2.7	—	4.2
	55–64	—	−3.1	—	−7.7
	65–74	—	−5.8	—	−9.4
	75+	—	−6.5	—	−7.6
Breast (female)	15–44	—	5.0	—	3.3
	45–54	—	7.3	—	2.8
	55–64	—	5.1	—	1.9
	65–74	—	4.0	—	0.1
	75+	—	0.0	—	−1.0
Leukaemia	0–4	−7.9	−8.3	0.5	−4.1
	5–14	2.6	2.0	−0.9	0.1
	15–44	−1.7	−1.9	−0.1	−1.4
	45–54	0.4	−0.7	2.7	1.9
	55–64	0.9	−2.3	−1.2	−0.9
	65–74	3.7	−2.1	1.3	0.0
	75+	6.1	1.7	2.9	0.8
Nasopharynx	15–44	−0.3	−1.0	−2.9	−3.4
	45–54	−1.0	3.4	−0.6	−3.9
	55–64	−1.1	−2.6	−4.8	−2.4
	65–74	1.4	1.7	−2.2	−2.2
	75+	−1.0	−2.1	0.5	0.0
Bladder	15–44	−2.4	8.7	4.1	−7.6
	45–54	1.8	3.5	3.5	4.0
	55–64	−1.0	3.3	−1.9	−1.4
	65–74	0.3	−3.4	−0.9	−3.3
	75+	−1.2	−2.9	0.1	0.0
Other Sites	15–44	−0.5	−0.6	0.7	1.7
	45–54	1.3	1.7	2.1	0.9
	55–64	0.1	−0.6	−1.9	−0.7
	65–74	1.8	0.3	0.2	1.9
	75+	1.1	−0.3	1.9	2.3