1. Incidence of lung cancer in China by gender and area*.
| Areas | New cases (×104) | Proportion (%) | Rank | Crude incidence (1/105) | ASIRC (1/105) |
| *, Source: Report by National Cancer Center of People’s Republic of China (4); ASIRC, the age-standardized incidence rates by Chinese standard population (China National Population Census, 2000). | |||||
| Nation wide | |||||
| Total | 78.7 | 20.03 | 1 | 57.26 | 35.96 |
| Male | 52.0 | 24.17 | 1 | 73.90 | 48.68 |
| Female | 26.7 | 15.02 | 2 | 39.78 | 23.77 |
| Urban areas | |||||
| Total | 46.0 | 19.56 | 1 | 59.68 | 36.07 |
| Male | 30.0 | 23.83 | 1 | 76.35 | 48.25 |
| Female | 16.0 | 14.64 | 2 | 42.31 | 24.44 |
| Rural areas | |||||
| Total | 32.7 | 20.74 | 1 | 54.16 | 35.77 |
| Male | 22.0 | 24.66 | 1 | 70.80 | 49.24 |
| Female | 10.7 | 15.62 | 1 | 36.51 | 22.82 |