Table 4.
Highest cohort effects (Rate ratio) on GI cancers incidence and mortality rates and the corresponding birth cohorts.
| Gastric cancer | Esophageal cancer | Colorectal cancer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth cohort | Rate ratio (95%CI) | Birth cohort | Rate ratio (95%CI) | Birth cohort | Rate ratio (95%CI) | |
| Incidence male | 1927 | 2.03 (1.79, 2.29) | 1942 | 1.77 (1.53, 2.06) | 1927 | 1.57 (1.18, 2.09) |
| Incidence female | 1927 | 1.71 (1.53, 1.91) | 1932 | 2.55 (2.10, 3.09) | 1927 | 1.30 (1.00, 1.70) |
| Mortality male | 1927 | 2.17 (1.89, 2.49) | 1937 | 2.32 (1.46, 3.71) | 1927 | 1.74 (1.20, 2.52) |
| Mortality female | 1927 | 2.11 (1.77, 2.52) | 1932 | 3.03 (1.91, 4.82) | 1932 | 1.76 (1.20, 2.59) |
CI, confidence interval.