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. 2017 Dec 27;9(2):262–272. doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.12575

Table 3.

Comparison of ASR of major cancer types, 2012

Tumor site Cases Rank Incidence rate (1/105) Percentage (%) ASR World (1/105) P
USZ RSX USZ RSX USZ RSX USZ RSX USZ RSX
Male
Lung (C33–34) 786 72 1 3 67.9 33.4 25.2 9.3 46.5 30.0 < 0.01
Stomach (C16) 469 389 2 1 40.5 180.4 15.1 50.2 28.5 162.0 < 0.01
Colorectal (C18–21) 381 29 3 5 32.9 13.7 12.2 3.7 22.8 11.9 < 0.01
Liver (C22) 279 46 4 4 24.1 21.3 9.0 5.9 17.4 18.5
Esophagus (C15) 266 172 5 2 23.0 79.8 8.5 22.2 15.7 72.1 < 0.01
Kidney (C64–66,68) 114 5 6 8 9.9 2.3 3.7 0.6 6.9 2.2 < 0.05
Prostate (C61) 106 2 7 10 9.2 0.9 3.4 0.3 5.3 0.7 < 0.01
Leukemia (C91–95) 104 9 8 6 9.0 4.2 3.3 1.2 6.5 4.0 < 0.20
Bladder (C67) 101 5 9 8 8.7 2.3 3.2 0.6 5.8 3.0 < 0.20
Lymphoma (C81–85,88,90,96) 100 8 10 7 8.6 3.7 3.2 1.0 6.3 3.1 < 0.10
Pancreas (C25) 50 0 11 11 4.3 0.0 1.6 0.0 3.1 0.1 < 0.01
Larynx (C32) 39 4 12 9 3.4 1.9 1.3 0.5 2.4 1.6
Gallbladder (C23–24) 38 4 13 9 3.3 1.9 1.2 0.5 2.4 1.6
Thyroid (C73) 29 0 14 11 2.5 0.0 0.9 0.0 1.9 0.1 < 0.05
Brain (C70–72) 27 9 15 6 2.3 4.2 0.9 1.2 2.0 4.5 < 0.05
Nasopharynx (C11) 21 5 16 8 1.8 2.3 0.7 0.6 1.3 2.1
Bone (C40–41) 14 9 17 6 1.2 4.2 0.4 1.2 0.9 4.1 < 0.01
All Male Cancer 3114 775 269.1 359.5 100.0 100.0 187.5 325.2 < 0.01
Female
Breast (C50) 726 36 1 5 59.6 18.2 28.7 6.6 45.5 13.8 < 0.01
Lung (C33–34) 346 46 2 4 28.4 23.1 13.7 8.4 19.0 20.8
Colorectal (C18–21) 260 22 3 7 21.4 11.1 10.3 4.0 14.9 9.3 < 0.05
Stomach (C16) 137 166 4 1 11.3 83.2 5.4 30.3 7.7 71.5 < 0.01
Cervix (C53) 132 64 5 3 10.8 32.1 5.2 11.7 8.4 25.0 < 0.01
Corpus uteri (C54) 126 18 6 8 10.4 9.0 5.0 3.3 7.9 7.0
Ovary (C56) 112 6 7 11 9.2 3.0 4.4 1.1 7.0 2.1 < 0.05
Lymphoma (C81–85,88,90,96) 93 6 8 11 7.6 3.0 3.7 1.1 5.5 2.5 < 0.10
Esophagus (C15) 79 86 9 2 6.5 43.1 3.1 15.7 4.1 36.2 < 0.01
Liver (C22) 74 30 10 6 6.1 15.0 2.9 5.5 4.2 13.3 < 0.01
Leukemia (C91–95) 66 8 11 10 5.4 4.0 2.6 1.5 4.6 5.3
Thyroid (C73) 60 2 12 15 4.9 1.0 2.4 0.4 3.9 0.8 < 0.05
Kidney (C64–66,68) 60 1 12 16 4.9 0.5 2.4 0.2 3.9 0.5 < 0.05
Pancreas (C25) 44 2 13 15 3.6 1.0 1.7 0.4 2.4 0.8 < 0.10
Bladder (C67) 21 4 14 13 1.7 2.0 1.7 0.2 1.4 2.0
Gallbladder (C23–24) 20 5 15 12 1.6 2.5 0.8 0.9 1.3 2.3
Brain (C70–72) 12 18 16 8 1.0 9.0 0.5 3.3 1.0 7.3 < 0.01
Bone (C40–41) 11 9 17 9 0.9 4.5 0.4 1.6 0.8 4.0 < 0.01
Nasopharynx (C11) 9 0 18 17 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.0
Larynx (C32) 1 3 19 14 0.1 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.1 1.1 < 0.01
All Female Cancer 2527 547 207.6 274.2 100.0 100.0 150.4 230.7 < 0.01

Calculated using the approximate method for the comparison of incidence of a disease in two groups as described in Esteve et al. 1994.7

ASR, age‐standardized incidence rate; RSX, rural Shexian; USZ, urban Shijiazhuang.