2. Mortality of lung cancer in China by gender and area*.
| Areas | Death (×104) | Proportion (%) | Rank | Crude incidence (1/105) | ASMRC (1/105) |
| *, Source: Report by National Cancer Center of People’s Republic of China (4); ASMRC, the age-standardized mortality rates by Chinese standard population (China National Population Census, 2000). | |||||
| Nation wide | |||||
| Total | 63.1 | 26.99 | 1 | 45.87 | 28.16 |
| Male | 43.3 | 29.26 | 1 | 61.52 | 40.15 |
| Female | 19.7 | 22.96 | 1 | 29.43 | 16.77 |
| Urban areas | |||||
| Total | 36.6 | 27.50 | 1 | 47.45 | 27.93 |
| Male | 25.1 | 30.06 | 1 | 63.68 | 39.81 |
| Female | 11.5 | 23.19 | 1 | 30.53 | 16.66 |
| Rural areas | |||||
| Total | 26.5 | 26.34 | 1 | 43.58 | 28.44 |
| Male | 18.3 | 28.42 | 1 | 58.79 | 40.56 |
| Female | 8.2 | 22.65 | 1 | 28.00 | 16.91 |