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. 2019 Aug 6;8(12):5787–5799. doi: 10.1002/cam4.2477

Table 1.

The incident cases and age‐standardized incidence of primary liver cancer in 1990 and 2017 and its temporal trends from 1990 to 2017

Characteristics 1990 2017 1990‐2017

Incident cases

No. ×103 (95% UI)

ASIR per 100 000

No. (95% UI)

Incident cases

No. ×103 (95% UI)

ASIR per 100 000

No. (95% UI)

EAPC in ASIR

No. (95% CI)

Overall 258.0 (240.2, 272.8) 27.16 (25.31, 28.69) 515.9 (486.2, 546.2) 26.04 (24.57, 27.54) −0.64 (−0.84, −0.44)
Sex
Male 182.7 (164.5, 196.7) 37.70 (34.09, 40.59) 395.2 (366.1, 426.8) 40.19 (37.30, 43.37) −0.23 (−0.06, −0.49)
Female 75.3 (65.7, 83.6) 16.39 (14.32, 18.25) 120.7 (111.3, 132.3) 12.19 (11.25, 13.36) −1.47 (−1.30, −1.63)
Agea
15‐49 years 87.3 (78.8, 93.9) 13.06 (11.80, 14.05) 106.8 (98.3, 116.1) 14.35 (13.22, 15.61) −0.85 (−1.39, −0.30)
50‐69 years 122.4 (114.5, 129.0) 79.46 (74.34, 83.74) 276.6 (258.6, 295.2) 80.39 (75.16, 85.80) −0.40 (−0.61, −0.18)
70+ years 47.1 (44.1, 50.3) 121.76 (114.08,130.17) 132.0 (124.4, 140.0) 134.06 (126.33, 142.14) 0.24 (0.09, 0.40)
Etiology
Hepatitis B 158.4 (146.6, 169.1) 15.98 (14.79, 17.05) 290.9 (270.9, 312.2) 14.49 (13.53, 15.54) −0.88 (−1.09, −0.67)
Hepatitis C 43.8 (40.1, 47.3) 5.14 (4.73, 5.52) 103.1 (95.1, 111.8) 5.34 (4.94, 5.77) −0.22 (−0.39, −0.04)
Alcohol use 18.6 (15.1, 23.0) 2.02 (1.66, 2.47) 43.3 (35.0, 53.9) 2.16 (1.76, 2.66) −0.27 (−0.50, −0.05)
NASH 12.5 (11.0, 14.0) 1.44 (1.27, 1.61) 31.7 (27.9, 35.4) 1.66 (1.46, 1.84) 0.08 (−0.12, 0.29)
Other causes 24.8 (21.5, 27.7) 2.59 (2.28, 2.88) 46.8 (41.7, 52.4) 2.39 (2.14, 2.66) −0.81 (−1.03, −0.59)

Abbreviations: ASIR: age‐standardized incidence rate; CI: confidence interval; EAPC: estimated annual percentage change; NASH: nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; UI: uncertainty interval.

a

Crude mortality rate in each age group.