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

Table 4.

The number of deaths and age‐standardized mortality rates of primary liver cancer by etiology in 1990 and 2017 and the temporal trends from 1990 to 2017

Characteristics 1990 2017 1990‐2017

Deaths

No. ×103 (95% UI)

ASMR per 100 000

No. (95% UI)

Deaths

No. ×103 (95% UI)

ASMR per 100 000

No. (95% UI)

EAPC in ASMR

No. (95% CI)

Liver cancer due to hepatitis B
Sex
Male 110.8 (99.5, 119.4) 22.70 (20.37, 24.46) 180.3 (167.2, 194.8) 18.16 (16.86, 19.60) −1.17 (−1.39, −0.97)
Female 35.7 (30.9, 40.0) 7.63 (6.62, 8.54) 46.1 (42.1, 50.8) 4.62 (4.22, 5.09) −2.07 (−2.24, −1.89)
Agea
15‐49 years 51.8 (46.5, 55.9) 7.75 (6.96, 8.37) 46.8 (43.0, 50.4) 6.29 (5.78, 6.77) −1.81 (−2.31, −1.30)
50‐69 years 69.9 (64.2, 74.9) 45.40 (41.64, 48.61) 124.4 (115.4, 134.1) 36.15 (33.55, 38.99) −1.04 (−1.23, −0.85)
70+ years 24.0 (21.9, 26.2) 62.15 (56.68, 67.81) 55.0 (51.0, 59.4) 55.84 (51.75, 60.36) −0.44 (−0.74, −0.14)
Liver cancer due to hepatitis C
Sex
Male 25.8 (22.9, 28.7) 6.38 (5.67, 7.04) 58.2 (53.1, 63.7) 6.33 (5.80, 6.91) −0.37 (−0.58, −0.16)
Female 16.3 (21.3, 18.8) 4.53 (3.95, 5.13) 32.1 (29.3, 35.5) 3.31 (3.02, 3.66) −1.27 (−1.40, −1.13)
Agea
15‐49 years 5.6 (4.8, 6.3) 0.83 (0.72, 0.94) 5.9 (5.1, 6.7) 0.79 (0.69, 0.89) −1.07 (−1.56, −0.58)
50‐69 years 23.0 (20.6, 25.4) 14.90 (13.35, 16.47) 43.9 (39.7, 48.5) 12.75 (11.53, 14.11) −0.97 (−1.25, −0.69)
70+ years 16.1 (14.7, 17.8) 41.68 (38.11, 46.07) 40.6 (37.4, 44.0) 41.18 (37.96, 44.71) −0.18 (−0.38, 0.02)
Liver cancer due to alcohol use
Sex
Male 13.8 (11.0, 17.1) 3.09 (2.51, 3.79) 28.3 (22.9, 35.3) 2.92 (2.39, 3.58) −0.62 (−0.82, −0.43)
Female 4.5 (3.5, 5.7) 1.02 (0.81, 1.29) 7.5 (6.1, 9.4) 0.75 (0.61, 0.94) −1.47 (−1.65, −1.28)
Agea
15‐49 years 3.8 (2.6, 5.3) 0.56 (0.39, 0.79) 3.9 (2.7, 5.8) 0.53 (0.36, 0.78) −1.17 (−1.63, −0.70)
50‐69 years 9.5 (7.2, 12.5) 6.19 (4.67, 8.10) 19.3 (14.7, 25.5) 5.61 (4.26, 7.43) −0.83 (−1.11, −0.55)
70+ years 5.0 (4.0, 6.2) 12.87 (10.27, 16.12) 12.6 (10.3, 15.7) 12.80 (10.41, 15.97) −0.29 (−0.53, −0.06)
Liver cancer due to NASH
Sex
Male 7.5 (6.4, 8.6) 1.82 (1.57, 2.08) 17.9 (15.7, 20.2) 1.96 (1.72, 2.20) −0.15 (−0.37, 0.06)
Female 5.0 (4.2, 5.8) 1.19 (1.00, 1.39) 9.7 (8.5, 11.1) 1.01 (0.88, 1.16) −0.76 (−0.91, −0.61)
Agea
15‐49 years 2.2 (1.9, 2.6) 0.33 (0.28, 0.39) 2.3 (2.0, 2.8) 0.31 (0.26, 0.38) −1.34 (−1.89, −0.80)
50‐69 years 5.8 (4.9, 6.8) 3.75 (3.16, 4.41) 12.3 (10.4, 14.2) 3.58 (3.02, 4.13) −0.60 (−0.90, −0.31)
70+ years 4.5 (3.8, 5.4) 11.70 (9.87, 13.90) 13.0 (11.0, 15.2) 13.19 (11.19, 15.38) 0.31 (0.11, 0.51)
Liver cancer due to other causes
Sex
Male 13.0 (11.0, 14.8) 2.74 (2.33, 3.09) 23.5 (20.8, 26.6) 2.44 (2.16, 2.74) −0.87 (−1.06, −0.68)
Female 10.3 (8.7, 11.9) 2.28 (1.94, 2.62) 14.4 (12.8, 16.5) 1.46 (1.30, 1.68) −1.87 (−2.05, −1.69)
Agea          
15‐49 years 7.2 (5.9, 8.5) 1.08 (0.89, 1.28) 6.5 (5.5, 7.6) 0.87 (0.74, 1.02) −1.82 (−2.33, −1.30)
50‐69 years 10.7 (9.1, 12.4) 6.96 (5.88, 8.05) 19.3 (16.6, 22.4) 5.60 (4.82, 6.52) −1.10 (−1.32, −0.88)
70+ years 5.1 (4.4, 6.0) 13.32 (11.30, 15.64) 12.1 (10.5, 14.0) 12.33 (10.64, 14.21) −0.37 (−0.56, −0.17)

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.