Table 2.
Number of Primary Liver Cancer Deaths in 2015 and Fraction Attributable to HBV, HCV, Alcohol Consumption and Smoking Overall and by Ethnicity
| HBV | HCV | Alcohol | Smoking | Combined | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAF (%) | Deaths | PAF (%) | Deaths | PAF (%) | Deaths | PAF (%) | Deaths | PAF (%) | Deaths | |
| Mongol | ||||||||||
| East | 65.1 | 763 | 5.4 | 64 | 18.4 | 216 | 10.6 | 124 | 75.9 | 889 |
| Midwest | 52.6 | 33 | 1.5 | 1 | 17.7 | 11 | 10.9 | 7 | 65.8 | 41 |
| Non-Mongol | ||||||||||
| East | 59.6 | 1553 | 9 | 233 | 12.5 | 326 | 7.1 | 185 | 70.1 | 1826 |
| Midwest | 52.6 | 718 | 1.5 | 20 | 10.2 | 139 | 6.5 | 88 | 60.8 | 829 |
| Overall | 56 | 2616 | 5 | 233 | 11.3 | 526 | 6.8 | 319 | 65.5 | 3056 |
PAF, population attributable fraction; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus.