Table 1.
Correlation coefficients between search index values, incidence rate of cancers, and mortality rate of cancers.
Cancer | Correlation between search index values and incidence rate | Correlation between search index values and mortality rate | ||
r (correlation coefficient) | P value | r (correlation coefficient) | P value | |
Lung cancer | 0.80 | <.001 | 0.80 | <.001 |
Liver cancer | 0.28 | .02 | 0.28 | .02 |
Stomach cancer | 0.50 | <.001 | 0.02 | .88 |
Esophageal cancer | 0.50 | <.001 | 0.21 | .08 |
Colon and rectal cancer | 0.81 | <.001 | 0.81 | <.001 |
Pancreatic cancer | 0.86 | <.001 | 0.86 | <.001 |
Breast cancer | 0.56 | <.001 | 0.76 | <.001 |
Leukemia | 0.75 | <.001 | -0.70 | <.001 |
Brain and nervous system cancer | 0.63 | <.001 | 0.63 | <.001 |
Cervical cancer | 0.64 | <.001 | 0.65 | <.001 |
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.88 | <.001 | 0.88 | <.001 |
Prostate cancer | 0.67 | <.001 | 0.67 | <.001 |
Nasopharynx cancer | 0.08 | .51 | 0.44 | <.001 |
Bladder cancer | 0.62 | <.001 | 0.62 | <.001 |
Gallbladder and biliary tract cancer | 0.88 | <.001 | 0.88 | <.001 |
Lip and oral cavity cancer | 0.88 | <.001 | 0.88 | <.001 |
Ovarian cancer | 0.58 | <.001 | 0.58 | <.001 |
Larynx cancer | 0.82 | <.001 | 0.74 | <.001 |
Kidney cancer | 0.73 | <.001 | 0.73 | <.001 |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 0.94 | <.001 | 0.87 | <.001 |
Uterine cancer | 0.04 | .73 | -0.42 | <.001 |
Multiple myeloma | 0.84 | <.001 | 0.84 | <.001 |
Thyroid cancer | 0.77 | <.001 | 0.77 | <.001 |
Malignant skin melanoma | 0.55 | <.001 | 0.55 | <.001 |
Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.91 | <.001 | -0.91 | <.001 |
Mesothelioma | 0.79 | <.001 | 0.79 | <.001 |
Testicular cancer | 0.57 | <.001 | -0.08 | .48 |
Basal cell carcinoma | 0.83 | <.001 | —a | —a |
aNot available.