Table 1. Pancreatic cancer incidence rates.
| Age | Men | Women | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study cohort | Total Korean population | Study cohort | Total Korean population | |||||||
| Total number | Person -years (pyrs) | Newly diagnosed cancer cases | Cancer incidence rate (/100,000 pyrs) | Cancer incidence ratea (/100,000 pyrs) | Total number | Person -years (pyrs) | Newly diagnosed cancer cases | Cancer incidence rate (/100,000 pyrs) | Cancer incidence ratea (/100,000 pyrs) | |
| 30–34 | 234,519 | 2,652,235 | 34 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 60,956 | 697,530 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| 35–39 | 248,293 | 2,800,831 | 70 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 59,209 | 667,603 | 9 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 40–44 | 242,177 | 2,695,963 | 147 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 116,002 | 1,254,254 | 32 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
| 45–49 | 177,027 | 1,959,249 | 204 | 10.4 | 5.9 | 81,527 | 880,240 | 45 | 5.1 | 3.4 |
| 50–54 | 147,133 | 1,604,463 | 319 | 19.9 | 12.0 | 71,236 | 761,365 | 72 | 9.5 | 5.2 |
| 55–59 | 118,020 | 1,255,300 | 331 | 26.4 | 20.5 | 63,551 | 669,763 | 91 | 13.6 | 10.1 |
| 60–64 | 70,513 | 715,224 | 291 | 40.7 | 32.8 | 50,249 | 517,627 | 119 | 23.0 | 16.1 |
| 65–69 | 28,146 | 261,363 | 119 | 45.5 | 48.7 | 29,811 | 296,694 | 98 | 33.0 | 26.3 |
| 70–74 | 16,372 | 138,059 | 84 | 60.8 | 66.5 | 17,258 | 161,408 | 65 | 40.3 | 42.9 |
| 75–80 | 7,733 | 57,171 | 35 | 61.2 | 96.0b | 7,902 | 65,723 | 27 | 41.1 | 58.5b |
| Total | 1,289,933 | 14,139,858 | 1,634 | 11.56 | - | 557,701 | 5,972,207 | 561 | 9.39 | - |
a Ministry of Health and Welfare.Annual report of cancer incidence (2005) and survival (1993–2005) in Korea, 2008.
b Incidence rates for men and women aged 75–79 years.