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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2013 Aug 20;6(10):1038–1045. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-13-0168

Figure 2. Mortality rates from PLC in younger birth cohorts in Qidong and timeline of HBV vaccination.

Figure 2

A. Age-specific mortality from PLC per 100,000 by 5-year birth cohorts. Shaded area indicates the birth cohorts possibly (·····) or likely (——) to be affected by the introduction of HBV vaccination programs. There were no deaths from PLC among the 15–19 year olds in the 1978–1982 birth cohort. B. Number of newborns per year in Qidong ( Inline graphic) and enumerated (1983–1990) or estimated (1991–2002) number of newborns vaccinated against HBV (■).