TABLE 1.

Rate ratio of cancer mortality between urban and rural residents by region, sex, and age in China, 2004‐2018^*

		Urban		Rural
Subgroup		Total people	Mortality Rate (per 100,000)	Total people	Mortality Rate (per 100,000)	RR (95%CI)	P ‐ value
Region
	Eastern	323,951,273	172.15	530,871,331	169.13	0.982 (0.979‐0.986)	<0.001
	Central	226,256,815	147.23	547,916,404	141.72	0.963 (0.959‐0.966)	<0.001
	Western	194,756,008	140.76	385,307,460	123.24	0.875 (0.871‐0.880)	<0.001
Sex
	Male	377,468,459	196.48	747,633,232	188.22	0.958 (0.955‐0.961)	<0.001
	Female	367,495,637	115.18	716,461,963	103.57	0.899 (0.896‐0.903)	<0.001
Age
	≤39	393,287,134	8.89	803,927,015	10.33	1.163 (1.148‐1.178)	<0.001
	40‐64	274,441,623	151.79	511,551,133	164.87	1.086 (1.082‐1.090)	<0.001
	≥65	77,235,274	923.68	148,617,047	822.80	0.890 (0.887‐0.892)	<0.001
Overall		744,964,096	156.37	1464,095,195	146.80	0.939 (0.937‐0.941)	<0.001

^*Data are presented as rate ratio (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI).