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

Table 3.

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

Characteristics 1990 2017 1990‐2017

Cases

No. ×103 (95% UI)

ASIR per 100 000

No. (95% UI)

Cases

No. ×103 (95% UI)

ASIR per 100 000

No. (95% UI)

EAPC in ASIR

No. (95% CI)

Liver cancer due to hepatitis B
Sex
Male 120.7 (108.7, 130.2) 23.91 (21.51, 25.74) 237.9 (219.6, 257.9) 23.79 (21.99, 25.80) −0.55 (−0.76, −0.33)
Female 37.6 (32.5, 42.0) 7.83 (6.78, 8.75) 53.1 (48.3, 58.6) 5.32 (4.84, 5.88) −1.85 (−2.02, −1.67)
Agea
15‐49 years 64.3 (57.9, 69.5) 9.62 (8.67, 10.40) 76.3 (69.6, 83.5) 10.25 (9.35, 11.22) −0.98 (−1.53, −0.43)
50‐69 years 72.3 (66.2, 77.5) 46.91 (42.99, 50.28) 158.7 (146.4, 172.5) 46.12 (42.54, 50.15) −0.43 (−0.61, −0.25)
70+ years 20.8 (19.0, 22.7) 53.92 (49.15, 58.83) 55.6 (51.3, 60.3) 56.48 (52.13, 61.26) 0.11 (−0.09, 0.31)
Liver cancer due to hepatitis C
Sex
Male 25.9 (22.9, 28.7) 6.09 (5.42, 6.72) 69.7 (63.0, 77.0) 7.38 (6.71, 8.12) 0.30 (0.10, 0.49)
Female 17.9 (15.5, 20.2) 4.19 (3.65, 4.75) 33.3 (30.3, 37.0) 3.40 (3.10, 3.77) −1.02 (−1.15, −0.89)
Agea
15‐49 years 6.7 (5.8, 7.5) 1.00 (0.88, 1.13) 9.7 (8.4, 11.0) 1.30 (1.12, 1.47) −0.09 (−0.62, 0.45)
50‐69 years 23.4 (21.0, 25.9) 15.21 (13.64, 16.81) 54.2 (48.7, 60.3) 15.75 (14.16, 17.54) −0.42 (−0.72, −0.11)
70+ years 13.7 (12.5, 15.1) 35.38 (32.31, 39.02) 39.2 (35.9, 42.6) 39.80 (36.47, 43.23) 0.30 (0.18, 0.43)
Liver cancer due to alcohol use
Sex
Male 14.2 (11.3, 17.6) 3.07 (2.48, 3.77) 35.2 (28.2, 43.9) 3.56 (2.90, 4.40) 0.03 (−0.20, 0.26)
Female 4.4 (3.4, 5.6) 0.98 (0.77, 1.23) 8.1 (6.5, 10.3) 0.80 (0.65, 1.01) −1.22 (−1.42, −1.02)
Agea
15‐49 years 4.5 (3.2, 6.3) 0.67 (0.47, 0.94) 6.4 (4.3, 9.4) 0.86 (0.58, 1.26) −0.20 (−0.71, 0.31)
50‐69 years 9.8 (7.3, 12.8) 6.34 (4.77, 8.33) 24.3 (18.3, 32.4) 7.06 (5.32, 9.42) −0.22 (−0.54, 0.10)
70+ years 4.3 (3.4, 5.4) 11.14 (8.90, 13.98) 12.7 (10.3, 15.9) 12.85 (10.43, 16.12) 0.26 (0.09, 0.42)
Liver cancer due to NASH
Sex
Male 7.7 (6.5, 8.8) 1.77 (1.53, 2.01) 21.6 (18.8, 24.5) 2.30 (2.01, 2.59) 0.48 (0.25, 0.71)
Female 4.8 (4.0, 5.6) 1.11 (0.93, 1.29) 10.1 (8.8, 11.6) 1.04 (0.91, 1.19) −0.54 (−0.69, −0.39)
Agea
15‐49 years 2.8 (2.3, 3.2) 0.41 (0.35, 0.48) 3.8 (3.2, 4.6) 0.51 (0.43, 0.62) −0.49 (−1.08, 0.11)
50‐69 years 5.9 (5.0, 6.9) 3.83 (3.23, 4.50) 15.3 (12.8, 17.6) 4.45 (3.72, 5.12) −0.04 (−0.36, 0.28)
70+ years 3.8 (3.2, 4.6) 9.93 (8.35, 11.81) 12.6 (10.7, 14.8) 12.83 (10.85, 15.00) 0.81 (0.67, 0.94)
Liver cancer due to other causes
Sex
Male 14.2 (12.0, 16.1) 2.86 (2.43, 3.23) 30.7 (26.9, 34.8) 3.15 (2.78, 3.55) −0.21 (−0.45, 0.04)
Female 10.6 (9.0, 12.2) 2.28 (1.93, 2.62) 16.1 (14.3, 18.4) 1.63 (1.44, 1.86) −1.66 (−1.84, −1.47)
Agea
15‐49 years 9.0 (7.5, 10.6) 1.35 (1.12, 1.59) 10.7 (9.0, 12.6) 1.43 (1.21, 1.69) −0.98 (−1.53, −0.42)
50‐69 years 11.0 (9.3, 12.7) 7.17 (6.05, 8.26) 24.2 (20.7, 28.2) 7.02 (6.01, 8.19) −0.52 (−0.75, −0.28)
70+ years 4.4 (3.7, 5.2) 11.4 (9.63, 13.40) 11.9 (10.2, 13.8) 12.10 (10.36, 13.99) 0.13 (0.001, 0.25)

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.