Table 4.

Estimated esophageal cancer mortality 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	208 473	15.85	10.65	11.95	12.02	1.44	15.31	4
	Male	148 865	22.12	11.87	17.54	17.69	2.11	23.61	4
	Female	59 608	9.29	8.49	6.52	6.53	0.75	6.74	4
Urban areas	Both	80 798	12.19	7.81	8.35	8.44	1.01	10.27	5
	Male	60 544	17.84	9.27	12.90	13.10	1.57	17.01	4
	Female	20 254	6.26	5.31	3.90	3.90	0.44	3.25	6
Rural areas	Both	127 675	19.58	13.85	16.43	16.48	1.96	21.23	4
	Male	88 321	26.47	14.70	23.30	23.41	2.80	31.43	4
	Female	39 354	12.36	12.27	9.79	9.81	1.13	10.81	4
Eastern areas	Both	86 549	15.74	10.59	11.62	11.67	1.40	14.20	4
	Male	60 538	21.51	11.75	16.90	17.01	2.03	22.19	4
	Female	26 011	9.69	8.60	6.56	6.55	0.76	5.96	4
Middle areas	Both	63 549	15.04	10.34	11.43	11.42	1.30	13.75	4
	Male	43 932	20.38	11.15	16.26	16.31	1.86	20.20	4
	Female	19 617	9.48	8.90	6.77	6.73	0.74	7.11	4
Western areas	Both	58 375	17.05	11.13	13.12	13.33	1.66	19.18	4
	Male	44 395	25.24	12.86	20.14	20.46	2.54	30.31	4
	Female	13 980	8.40	7.80	6.13	6.23	0.76	7.58	6

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