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. 2017 Mar 9;49(2):292–305. doi: 10.4143/crt.2017.118

Table 6.

Trends in cancer mortality rates from 1999 to 2014 in Korea

Site/Type Both sexes
 Men
 Women
1999 2014 Trend 1
 Trend 2
 1999 2014 Trend 1
 Trend 2
 1999 2014 Trend 1
 Trend 2
Year APC Year APC Year APC Year APC Year APC Year APC
All sites 114.3 85.1 1999-2002 1.0 2002-2014 –2.7a) 176.6 125.8 1999-2002 1.1 2002-2014 –3.1a) 70.6 55.6 1999-2002 1.0 2002-2014 –2.2a)
Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx 1.1 1.3 1999-2014 –2.0a) - - 2.0 2.1 1999-2014 –2.2a) - - 0.4 0.5 1999-2014 –3.1a) - -
Esophagus 3.1 1.7 1999-2014 –4.5a) - - 6.8 3.6 1999-2014 –4.7a) - - 0.5 0.2 1999-2014 –5.2a) - -
Stomach 23.8 9.7 1999-2003 –3.3a) 2003-2014 –6.6a) 36.9 15.1 1999-2002 –1.3 2002-2014 –6.7a) 14.6 5.7 1999-2003 –4.4a) 2003-2014 –6.6a)
Colon and rectum 7.7 9.0 1999-2004 5.2a) 2004-2014 –1.0a) 10.5 12.6 1999-2004 5.6a) 2004-2014 –0.7a) 6.0 6.3 1999-2004 4.7a) 2004-2014 –1.7a)
Liver 20.4 13.4 1999-2002 0.7 2002-2014 –3.6a) 35.3 22.4 1999-2002 –0.2 2002-2014 –3.7a) 8.3 5.6 1999-2002 2.9a) 2002-2014 –3.7a)
Gallbladderb) 5.2 4.1 1999-2001 7.7 2001-2014 –2.8a) 6.8 5.1 1999-2001 6.7 2001-2014 –3.0a) 4.1 3.4 1999-2001 9.3 2001-2014 –2.7a)
Pancreas 5.4 5.6 1999-2014 0.3a) - - 7.6 7.1 1999-2014 –0.4a) - - 3.9 4.4 1999-2014 0.8a) - -
Larynx 1.6 0.4 1999-2014 –9.6a) - - 3.4 1.0 1999-2014 –9.1a) - - 0.4 0.1 1999-2012 –15.3a) 2012-2014 16.4
Lung 22.4 18.8 1999-2001 3.7a) 2001-2014 –1.9a) 41.5 33.2 1999-2001 4.0 2001-2014 –2.4a) 9.4 8.5 1999-2001 4.2 2001-2014 –1.4a)
Breast 2.2 2.8 1999-2014 1.4a) - - 0.1 0.0 1999-2014 –4.6a) - - 4.2 5.4 1999-2014 1.7a) - -
Cervix uteri 1.4 1.1 1999-2003 8.8a) 2003-2014 –5.5a) - - - - - - 2.6 2.1 1999-2003 8.2a) 2003-2014 –5.2a)
Corpus uteri 0.1 0.3 1999-2003 35.7a) 2003-2014 2.4a) - - - - - - 0.1 0.6 1999-2003 35.7a) 2003-2014 2.8a)
Ovary 0.9 1.2 1999-2001 10.6 2001-2014 0.3 - - - - - - 1.7 2.3 1999-2014 1.1a) - -
Prostate 0.9 1.6 1999-2002 16.1a) 2002-2014 1.2a) 2.6 4.5 1999-2002 16.7a) 2002-2014 0.7a) - - - - - -
Testis 0.0 0.0 1999-2014 –2.3 - - 0.1 0.0 1999-2014 –2.5 - - - - - - - -
Kidney 1.1 1.0 1999-2014 0.0 - - 1.8 1.8 1999-2014 0.2 - - 0.5 0.5 1999-2014 –0.8 - -
Bladder 1.3 1.4 1999-2014 –1.2a) - - 2.6 2.7 1999-2014 –1.4a) - - 0.5 0.5 1999-2001 11.1 2001-2014 –2.0a)
Brain and CNS 1.9 1.7 1999-2002 4.6 2002-2014 –2.1a) 2.2 2.1 1999-2014 –1.5a) - - 1.6 1.4 1999-2014 –1.5a) - -
Thyroid 0.4 0.4 1999-2003 6.7 2003-2014 –3.9a) 0.3 0.2 1999-2002 15.4 2002-2014 –3.7a) 0.5 0.4 1999-2004 4.1 2004-2014 –4.5a)
Hodgkin lymphoma 0.0 0.1 1999-2003 27.8a) 2003-2014 0.8 0.0 0.1 1999-2004 18.2a) 2004-2014 –1.2a) 0.0 0.1 1999-2002 56.3 2002-2014 3.5a)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2.1 1.8 1999-2014 –0.9a) - - 3.0 2.4 1999-2014 –1.2 - - 1.4 1.3 1999-2014 –0.5 - -
Multiple myeloma 0.6 1.0 1999-2003 12.6a) 2003-2014 1.0 0.8 1.2 1999-2002 14.3a) 2002-2014 1.4a) 0.4 0.8 1999-2007 7.6a) 2007-2014 –1.6
Leukemia 2.9 2.2 1999-2001 1.4 2001-2014 –2.0a) 3.5 2.7 1999-2014 –1.7a) - - 2.4 1.8 1999-2014 –2.0a) - -
Other and ill-defined 7.8 4.5 1999-2014 –3.0a) - - 9.0 5.8 1999-2009 –0.5 2009-2014 –7.2a) 7.0 3.6 1999-2005 –7.1a) 2005-2014 –1.9a)

APC was calculated using age-standardized incidence data based on the Segi’s world standard population. APC, annual percentage change; CNS, central nervous system.

a)

Significantly different from zero (p < 0.05),

b)

Includes the gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract.