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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2007 Aug;121(3):649–655. doi: 10.1002/ijc.22721

Table 2.

Mortality rates (MR) and relative indices of inequality (RII) with their 95% confidence intervals (CI) for all cancers and by cancer type, per population

UADT cancers1
Liver cancer
Lung cancer
All cancers
Population N2 MR3 RII (95% CI) N2 MR3 RII (95% CI) N2 MR3 RII (95% CI) N2 MR3 RII (95% CI)
Madrid 604 56 2.58 (1.71–3.89) 392 38 2.76 (1.61–4.74) 1,821 175 1.53 (1.22–1.92) 6,133 591 1.52 (1.34–1.72)
Basque region 1,519 59 2.04 (1.53–2.71) 543 22 1.16 (0.72–1.87) 3,133 125 1.31 (1.08–1.59) 11,737 473 1.29 (1.17–1.43)
Barcelona 1,974 52 3.12 (2.48–3.91) 1,357 37 1.56 (1.20–2.02) 6,254 169 1.80 (1.60–2.04) 20,253 553 1.57 (1.47–1.68)
Turin 735 33 3.61 (2.41–5.42) 742 36 2.49 (1.69–3.68) 3,895 179 2.53 (2.13–2.99) 11,294 532 1.88 (1.71–2.06)
France 816 78 4.30 (3.10–5.95) 361 36 2.59 (1.63–4.12) 1,462 147 1.64 (1.32–2.03) 5,375 555 1.89 (1.69–2.13)
Switzerland (Latin) 1,572 51 3.55 (2.92–4.31) 807 27 1.62 (1.24–2.10) 4,197 141 2.68 (2.38–3.01) 14,862 504 1.85 (1.73–1.96)
Switzerland (German) 2,893 32 3.99 (3.45–4.62) 1,281 15 1.49 (1.21–1.85) 10,681 123 2.96 (2.75–3.19) 38,817 452 1.80 (1.73–1.87)
Belgium (Walloon) 1,584 43 1.81 (1.44–2.29) 524 15 1.11 (0.74–1.66) 8,036 232 2.91 (2.58–3.28) 19,982 583 1.81 (1.69–1.95)
Belgium (Brussels) 429 47 1.48 (1.01–2.18) 132 15 1.65 (0.81–3.38) 1,590 175 2.97 (2.38–3.69) 4,788 529 1.82 (1.61–2.050
Belgium (Flemish) 2,262 34 1.87 (1.53–2.28) 557 9 0.98 (0.66–1.45) 13,446 214 3.14 (2.85–3.46) 33,990 544 1.79 (1.69–1.89)
Norway 1,861 21 2.27 (1.90–2.71) 384 4 1.00 (0.68–1.46) 9,211 107 2.45 (2.26–2.65) 38,722 449 1.45 (1.39–1.50)
Sweden 3,331 17 2.03 (1.77–2.33) 2,211 11 1.68 (1.42–1.98) 13,804 70 1.81 (1.69–1.93) 70,339 356 1.32 (1.28–1.35)
Finland 1,868 19 2.38 (1.94–2.94) 1,217 13 1.35 (1.05–1.73) 12,489 138 3.48 (3.18–3.81) 39,734 437 1.72 (1.64–1.80)
1

UADT: upper aerodigestive tract (oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, esophagus)

2

Number of cancer deaths

3

Age-standardized mortality rate using direct standardization, per 100,000 person years