Table 1. Comparison of the cancer incidences in the urban and rural registries of Nepal (2018).

Sites	Rukum (AAR)	Kathmandu (AAR)	Rate ratio	95% CI
All sites of cancer: Male	59.1	95.3	1.6	1.26–2.06	Significant
All sites of cancer: Female	51.4	98.1	1.9	1.52–2.40	Significant
Stomach cancer: Male	7.3	8.5	1.2	0.50–2.71	Not Significant (NS)
Stomach cancer: Female	2.6	4.2	1.6	0.52–4.98	NS
Gallbladder cancer: Male	2.9	5.5	1.9	0.66–5.44	NS
Gallbladder cancer: Female	2.4	7.4	3.1	1.35–7.06	Significant
Lung cancer: Male	13.2	18.1	1.4	0.79–2.39	NS
Lung cancer: Female	5.2	10.4	2	0.95–4.19	NS
Breast cancer	2.7	21.5	8	4.79–13.25	Significant
Ovary cancer	3.2	5.5	1.7	0.69–4.30	NS
Cervix cancer	13.2	8.7	0.7	0.33–1.32	NS
Uterus cancer	3.9	0.5	0.1	0.01–1.89	NS
Prostate cancer	3	3	1	–	Same No difference
Thyroid cancer: Male	4.2	1	0.2	0.03–2.10	NS
Bladder cancer: Male	1.3	5.7	4.4	1.60–12.01	Significant

Analysis based on Boyle and Parkin [14]