Table B1.
Characteristics of the study population.
| Number of Deaths | Population | Per Capita GPD | Number of Deaths | Population | Per Capita GPD | Number of Deaths | Population | Per Capita GPD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–1975 | 1990–1992 | 2004–2005 | |||||||
| Province | |||||||||
| Beijing | 533 | 11,921,385 | 1086 | 80 | 1,521,398 | 6458 | 120 | 1,255,754 | 45,444 |
| Tianjin | 441 | 10,003,046 | 991 | 68 | 1,213,045 | 4481 | 113 | 1,328,365 | 35,783 |
| Hebei | 2493 | 70,018,076 | 272 | 349 | 9,461,858 | 2040 | 209 | 3,998,627 | 14,782 |
| Shanxi | 1074 | 32,697,776 | 301 | 120 | 3,224,205 | 1862 | 124 | 3,149,896 | 12,495 |
| Inner Mongolia | 306 | 11,286,804 | 280 | 22 | 1,189,805 | 1906 | 94 | 1,336,708 | 16,331 |
| Liaoning | 1605 | 52,136,241 | 607 | 183 | 4,130,045 | 3693 | 285 | 3,921,907 | 18,983 |
| Jilin | 1019 | 34,233,741 | 350 | 142 | 3,720,631 | 2246 | 155 | 2,035,309 | 13,348 |
| Heilongjiang | 1010 | 40,709,250 | 484 | 182 | 4,022,425 | 2672 | 190 | 2,623,978 | 14,434 |
| Shanghai | 985 | 16,287,701 | 1898 | 183 | 2,022,405 | 8208 | 103 | 845,386 | 52,060 |
| Jiangsu | 3126 | 82,630,955 | 329 | 492 | 11,367,746 | 3106 | 537 | 8,708,157 | 24,560 |
| Zhejiang | 1894 | 51,588,553 | 235 | 350 | 8,855,355 | 3212 | 431 | 6,478,093 | 27,703 |
| Anhui | 1646 | 64,089,979 | 218 | 231 | 7,985,474 | 1390 | 252 | 5,477,507 | 8670 |
| Fujian | 949 | 30,708,605 | 203 | 150 | 4,505,502 | 2557 | 154 | 3,314,821 | 18,646 |
| Jiangxi | 1222 | 41,191,696 | 233 | 124 | 5,290,316 | 1472 | 164 | 3,265,107 | 9440 |
| Shandong | 1963 | 53,688,310 | 240 | 363 | 10,323,297 | 2556 | 507 | 6,692,702 | 20,096 |
| Henan | 3134 | 98,471,373 | 191 | 284 | 10,955,314 | 1452 | 490 | 8,789,059 | 11,346 |
| Hubei | 2045 | 60,725,263 | 274 | 504 | 10,237,560 | 1962 | 291 | 5,495,822 | 11,431 |
| Hunan | 2213 | 69,870,339 | 239 | 296 | 9,424,817 | 1595 | 267 | 4,196,179 | 10,426 |
| Guangdong | 1777 | 63,123,805 | 326 | 417 | 11,227,881 | 3699 | 257 | 5,230,642 | 24,438 |
| Guangxi | 706 | 35,877,301 | 212 | 208 | 6,441,808 | 1490 | 245 | 4,164,893 | 8788 |
| Hainan | 127 | 5,711,874 | 326 | 26 | 847,327 | 2719 | 35 | 727,437 | 10,998 |
| Sichuan | 2811 | 132,015,851 | 169 | 322 | 12,685,421 | 1477 | 213 | 5,073,707 | 9060 |
| Guizhou | 723 | 35,608,036 | 124 | 148 | 5,424,985 | 1034 | 53 | 1,769,571 | 5052 |
| Yunnan | 813 | 41,588,565 | 190 | 197 | 5,768,515 | 1625 | 140 | 3,884,535 | 7835 |
| Tibet | 17 | 1,281,431 | 307 | * | * | 1468 | 6 | 200,357 | 9114 |
| Shaanxi | 892 | 35,584,375 | 243 | 148 | 4,642,551 | 1571 | 100 | 1,979,434 | 10,161 |
| Gansu | 369 | 21,802,163 | 318 | * | * | 1384 | 101 | 2,370,347 | 7477 |
| Qinghai | 57 | 4,765,301 | 371 | * | * | 1912 | 17 | 412,737 | 10,045 |
| Ningxia | 80 | 4,795,636 | 374 | 127 | 5,190,772 | 1718 | 36 | 707,641 | 10,239 |
| Xinjiang | 241 | 15,028,025 | 240 | 31 | 1,106,540 | 2477 | 48 | 1,472,894 | 13,108 |
| Geographical Region | |||||||||
| North China | 4847 | 135,927,087 | 639 | 16,610,311 | 660 | 11,069,350 | |||
| Northeast China | 3634 | 127,079,232 | 507 | 11,873,101 | 630 | 8,581,194 | |||
| East China | 11,785 | 340,185,799 | 1893 | 50,350,065 | 2148 | 34,781,773 | |||
| Central China | 7392 | 229,066,975 | 1084 | 30,617,691 | 1048 | 18,481,060 | |||
| South China | 2610 | 104,712,980 | 651 | 18,517,016 | 537 | 10,122,972 | |||
| Southwest China | 4364 | 210,493,883 | 667 | 23,878,939 | 558 | 13,799,681 | |||
| Northwest China | 1639 | 81,975,500 | 306 | 10,939,863 | 302 | 6,943,053 | |||
| Economic zone | |||||||||
| Eastern China | 15,893 | 447,818,551 | 2661 | 65,475,829 | 2875 | 45,651,787 | |||
| Central China | 13,363 | 441,989,417 | 1883 | 54,860,742 | 1809 | 31,882,961 | |||
| Western China | 7015 | 339,633,488 | 1203 | 42,450,415 | 1199 | 26,244,335 | |||
* data not available.