Table 2.

Estimated esophageal cancer incidence by gender and area in China, 2010

Areas	Gender	No. of cases	Crude rate (1/105)	Ratio (%)	ASRcn (1/105)	ASRwld (1/105)	Cumulative rate 0–74 (%)	TASR 35–64 (1/105)	Rank
ALL	Both	287 632	21.88	9.30	16.71	16.97	2.15	26.62	5
	Male	204 449	30.38	11.31	24.05	24.42	3.07	39.35	4
	Female	83 183	12.96	6.47	9.46	9.60	1.21	13.46	6
Urban areas	Both	109 683	16.55	6.45	11.50	11.68	1.46	17.45	6
	Male	81 167	23.92	8.32	17.31	17.58	2.18	27.45	5
	Female	28 516	8.81	3.94	5.76	5.83	0.72	7.03	7
Rural areas	Both	177 949	27.29	12.77	23.10	23.49	3.01	37.39	4
	Male	123 282	36.95	14.81	32.40	32.96	4.21	53.47	4
	Female	54 667	17.17	9.74	13.97	14.21	1.82	20.96	4
Eastern areas	Both	116 152	21.12	9.04	15.93	16.19	2.07	24.59	6
	Male	81 942	29.11	11.23	22.94	23.36	2.96	37.11	4
	Female	34 210	12.74	6.16	9.05	9.15	1.17	11.68	5
Middle areas	Both	93 298	22.08	9.26	16.94	17.17	2.18	26.65	5
	Male	64 502	29.92	11.08	23.66	23.96	3.02	37.57	4
	Female	28 796	13.92	6.77	10.32	10.45	1.32	15.38	7
Western areas	Both	78 182	22.83	9.77	17.70	18.01	2.26	29.99	5
	Male	58 005	32.97	11.69	26.35	26.74	3.33	45.36	4
	Female	20 177	12.12	6.63	9.03	9.26	1.17	13.95	6

ASRcn, Age-standardised rate (China standard population, 2000); ASRwld, Age-standardised rate (World standard population); TASR, Truncated age-standardised rate (World standard population).