Table 1.

Annual percent change of age-standardized rates of mortality of gastric cancer in China from 2003 to 2015

Population	Annual percent change (%) (95% CI)	P
Whole
Urban areas	− 2.3 (− 3.9, − 0.8)	< 0.001
Rural areas	− 3.8 (− 5.0, − 2.6)	< 0.001
Male
Urban areas	− 2.2 (− 3.8, − 0.6)	< 0.001
Rural areas	− 3.4 (− 5.1, − 1.8)	< 0.001
Female
Urban areas	− 2.7 (− 4.2, − 1.2)	< 0.001
Rural areas	− 4.6 (− 5.5, − 3.7)	< 0.001

CI confidence intervals