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. 2022 Apr 14;2022:3918045. doi: 10.1155/2022/3918045

Table 3.

All-age deaths and age-standardized mortality rates for different types of cancer and their percentage change by gender in China, 1990–2019.

Morphology Gender All-age deaths (95% UI), no. ∗ 103(95% UI) Age-standardized mortality rate (95% UI), per 100,000
1990 2019 Change, % 1990 2019 Change, %
All neoplasms Male 868.85 (677.58, 1053.30) 1704.14 (1336.21,2112.01) 96.14 220.49 (175.99,264.00) 192.28(152.49,234.84) -12.79
Female 543.87 (426.76, 667.64) 936.05 (722.95,1154.37) 72.11 126.62 (100.21,154.35) 92.65 (71.67,113.95) -26.82
Both 1412.72 (1164.05,1661.26) 2640.20 (2174.68, 3131.22) 86.89 168.81 (140.27,196.93) 136.72(112.97,161.19) -19.01

Tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer Male 177.93 (145.87,214.39) 523.19 (413.19,647.41) 194.04 46.33 (38.78,55.03) 58.1 (46.53,70.89) 25.40
Female 78.4 (65.03,91.66) 233.98 (189.18,282.75) 198.44 18.63 (15.62,21.64) 22.86 (18.52,27.52) 22.71
Both 256.33 (221.06,294.56) 757.17 (638.74,887.75) 195.39 31.18 (27.14,35.52) 38.7 (32.8,45.03) 24.12

Stomach cancer Male 197.06 (161.82,232.16) 298.51 (238.47,363.78) 51.48 51.36 (42.96,59.94) 33.14 (26.67,39.89) -35.48
Female 108.41 (90.42,126.30) 123.03(99.95,150.64) 13.49 26.17 (21.94,30.37) 12.20 (9.93,14.92) -53.38
Both 305.47 (267.21,345.40) 421.54 (353.52,493.18) 38.00 37.73 (33.20,42.39) 21.72 (18.31,25.31) -42.43

Colorectal cancer Male 42.02 (34.9,49.40) 164.73 (132.24,202.32) 292.03 11.73 (9.95,13.59) 19.32 (15.8,23.15) 64.71
Female 37.30 (31.31,43.32) 97.05 (78.38,117.17) 160.19 9.14 (7.73,10.58) 9.68 (7.82,11.68) 5.91
Both 79.32 (69.66,89.29) 261.78 (224.4,303.32) 230.03 10.18 (9.03,11.37) 13.86 (11.92,16.01) 36.15

Esophageal cancer Male 117.08 (73.11,141.72) 197.72 (151.48,246.01) 68.88 30.53 (19.80,36.44) 21.69 (16.61,26.66) -28.96
Female 59.52 (33.27,70.74) 59.6 (40.46,74.97) 0.13 14.69 (8.39,17.38) 5.92 (3.98,7.45) -59.70
Both 176.60 (112.85,206.04) 257.32 (202.78,309.03) 45.71 22.08 (14.14,25.53) 13.15 (10.27,15.68) -40.44

Liver cancer Male 164.91 (132.61,201.69) 139.03 (109.61,172.17) -15.69 36.65 (29.77,44.3) 14.56 (11.63,17.86) -60.27
Female 67.54 (54.69,83.09) 48.67 (38.97,59.42) -27.94 15.57 (12.70,19.04) 4.76 (3.81,5.80) -69.43
Both 232.45 (197.40,275.39) 187.7 (158.26,222.77) -19.25 25.99 (22.29,30.55) 9.41 (7.95,11.13) -63.79

Prostate cancer Male 20.38 (15.82,24.68) 54.39 (42.9,71.31) 166.88 8.22 (6.62,10.28) 7.79 (6.22,9.94) -5.23

Pancreatic cancer Male 15.87 (12.94,19.23) 70.22 (55.62,86.99) 342.47 4.12 (3.42,4.91) 7.69 (6.15,9.41) 86.65
Female 11.24 (9.46,13.07) 47.16 (38.00,57.33) 319.57 2.70 (2.28,3.13) 4.58 (3.70,5.56) 69.63
Both 27.10 (23.6,30.84) 117.37 (99.86,136.45) 333.10 3.34 (2.93,3.76) 5.99 (5.12,6.93) 79.34

Cervical cancer Female 26.42 (20.52,43.53) 53.44 (30.4,68.86) 102.27 5.85 (4.59,9.57) 5.13 (2.92,6.6) -12.31

Breast cancer Male 0.37 (0.30,0.45) 2.81 (2.15,3.53) 659.46 0.10 (0.08,0.12) 0.29 (0.22,0.36) 190.00
Female 41.43 (34.15,49.15) 93.5 (74.51,115.42) 125.68 9.16 (7.61,10.82) 9.02 (7.19,11.10) -1.53
Both 41.80 (34.55,49.51) 96.31 (77.32,118.09) 130.41 4.74 (3.96,5.57) 4.85 (3.91,5.92) 2.32

Leukemia Male 36.39 (25.18,43.85) 35.22 (26.33,44.01) -3.22 6.88 (5.02,8.25) 4.42 (3.36,5.4) -35.76
Female 30.43 (24.36,37.13) 25.16 (19.08,31.27) -17.32 5.83 (4.72,7.03) 3.00 (2.30,3.67) -48.54
Both 66.82 (54.35,77.29) 60.38 (50.21,70.99) -9.64 6.28 (5.18,7.26) 3.67 (3.07,4.28) -41.56

Brain and central nervous system cancer Male 21.26 (14.5,31.89) 35.65 (22.01,47.44) 67.69 4.35 (3.02,6.46) 4.05 (2.53,5.33) -6.90
Female 16.71 (11.63,22.37) 27.88 (20.2,36.13) 66.85 3.44 (2.44,4.58) 3.01 (2.19,3.88) -12.50
Both 37.97 (29.10,50.21) 63.53 (47.79,76.95) 67.32 3.87 (3.04,5.10) 3.5 (2.62,4.21) -9.56

Ovarian cancer Female 8.04 (6.18,11.67) 29.09 (20.96,36.86) 261.82 1.76 (1.36,2.59) 2.77 (2.01,3.5) 57.39

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Male 9.45 (7.82,11.25) 29.12 (23.22,36.03) 208.15 2.16 (1.80,2.54) 3.19 (2.57,3.90) 47.69
Female 6.98 (5.85,8.17) 15.19 (12.22,18.58) 117.62 1.53 (1.30,1.79) 1.55 (1.25,1.88) 1.31
Both 16.44 (14.40,18.59) 44.31 (37.46,51.97) 169.53 1.82 (1.61,2.05) 2.32 (1.97,2.70) 27.47

Bladder cancer Male 11.91 (9.94,13.77) 31.5 (25.60,38.33) 164.48 4.43 (3.79,5.04) 4.30 (3.56,5.12) -2.93
Female 5.38 (4.46,6.42) 8.59 (6.92,10.52) 59.67 1.45 (1.22,1.73) 0.88 (0.71,1.08) -39.31
Both 17.29 (15.09,19.45) 40.09 (33.98,47.18) 131.87 2.58 (2.26,2.90) 2.24 (1.91,2.61) -13.18

Gallbladder and biliary tract cancer Male 5.44 (4.31,9.16) 17.76 (12.88,22.42) 226.47 1.62 (1.33,2.59) 2.09 (1.53,2.6) 29.01
Female 6.64 (5.14,11.48) 16.70 (10.30,21.30) 151.51 1.66 (1.29,2.84) 1.64 (1.01,2.09) -1.20
Both 12.08 (9.98,19.48) 34.46 (25.22,41.23) 185.26 1.61 (1.35,2.54) 1.82 (1.32,2.17) 13.04

Nasopharynx cancer Male 17.43 (14.3,20.73) 21.35 (16.67,26.47) 22.49 3.86 (3.21,4.55) 2.20 (1.74,2.70) -43.01
Female 9.14 (7.28,11.02) 7.31 (5.7,9.04) -20.02 2.01 (1.61,2.42) 0.72 (0.56,0.89) -64.18
Both 26.57 (22.77,30.28) 28.66 (23.78,34.07) 7.87 2.9 (2.51,3.3) 1.43 (1.19,1.69) -50.69

Kidney cancer Male 3.33 (2.73,4.07) 16.88 (13.18,20.84) 406.91 0.85 (0.7,1.01) 1.96 (1.55,2.38) 130.59
Female 2.55 (2.19,2.94) 7.07 (5.68,8.62) 177.25 0.59 (0.50,0.67) 0.72 (0.59,0.87) 22.03
Both 5.88 (5.14,6.69) 23.95 (19.77,28.48) 307.31 0.7 (0.61,0.79) 1.27 (1.05,1.49) 81.43

Uterine cancer Female 10.60 (7.95,13.04) 12.22 (9.42,17.34) 15.28 2.38 (1.81,2.90) 1.17 (0.90,1.66) -50.84

Lip and oral cavity cancer Male 4.57 (3.72,5.45) 17.61 (14.09,21.90) 285.34 1.23 (1.02,1.44) 1.95 (1.59,2.40) 58.54
Female 2.83 (2.36,3.33) 5.03 (4.06,6.12) 77.74 0.69 (0.57,0.80) 0.50 (0.41,0.61) -27.54
Both 7.40 (6.44,8.36) 22.64 (18.91,27.08) 205.95 0.92 (0.81,1.03) 1.16 (0.98,1.38) 26.09

Larynx cancer Male 8.90 (7.24,10.49) 16.84 (13.50,20.73) 89.21 2.34 (1.94,2.72) 1.82 (1.47,2.21) -22.22
Female 2.59 (2.18,3.00) 3.42 (2.74,4.13) 32.05 0.62 (0.52,0.71) 0.34 (0.27,0.4) -45.16
Both 11.50 (9.85,13.24) 20.25 (16.76,24.23) 76.09 1.40 (1.21,1.60) 1.02 (0.85,1.21) -27.14

Non-melanoma skin cancer Male 2.69 (2.23,3.13) 7.98 (6.49,9.66) 196.65 0.88 (0.74,1) 1.05 (0.87,1.24) 19.32
Female 2.29 (1.90,2.72) 7.50 (5.78,9.17) 227.51 0.59 (0.50,0.70) 0.77 (0.60,0.94) 30.51
Both 4.98 (4.36,5.60) 15.48 (13.10,17.80) 210.84 0.70 (0.61,0.78) 0.88 (0.74,1.01) 25.71

Multiple myeloma Male 2.60 (1.96,3.91) 7.71 (4.96,10.24) 196.54 0.65 (0.5,0.98) 0.83 (0.54,1.08) 27.69
Female 2.74 (2.06,4.07) 5.71 (4.08,7.46) 108.39 0.64 (0.48,0.94) 0.55 (0.39,0.71) -14.06
Both 5.34 (4.35,7.53) 13.42 (10.06,16.5) 151.31 0.64 (0.53,0.89) 0.67 (0.50,0.82) 4.69

Thyroid cancer Male 1.23 (1.00,1.52) 4.21 (3.18,5.24) 242.28 0.35 (0.29,0.43) 0.52 (0.40,0.64) 48.57
Female 2.09 (1.71,2.68) 3.03 (2.40,3.76) 44.98 0.50 (0.41,0.63) 0.30 (0.24,0.38) -40.00
Both 3.32 (2.86,4.13) 7.24 (6.01,8.48) 118.07 0.42 (0.37,0.53) 0.39 (0.32,0.45) -7.14

Other pharynx cancer Male 2.26 (1.86,2.67) 4.60 (3.55,5.74) 103.54 0.58 (0.49,0.69) 0.49 (0.38,0.6) -15.52
Female 0.73 (0.60,0.87) 0.99 (0.79,1.21) 35.62 0.17 (0.14,0.20) 0.10 (0.08,0.12) -41.18
Both 2.99 (2.57,3.44) 5.59 (4.53,6.73) 86.96 0.36 (0.31,0.41) 0.28 (0.23,0.33) -22.22

Malignant skin melanoma Male 1.45 (0.88,2.02) 2.5 (1.45,3.47) 72.41 0.34 (0.22,0.48) 0.29 (0.17,0.40) -14.71
Female 1.32 (0.81,2.19) 2.66 (1.42,3.64) 101.52 0.31 (0.20,0.51) 0.27 (0.15,0.37) -12.90
Both 2.76 (1.90,4.06) 5.16 (3.28,6.50) 86.96 0.33 (0.23,0.48) 0.28 (0.18,0.35) -15.15

Testicular cancer Male 0.78 (0.65,0.91) 1.21 (0.96,1.47) 55.13 0.16 (0.13,0.18) 0.16 (0.13,0.19) 0.00

Hodgkin lymphoma Male 3.03 (1.45,4.01) 1.76 (1.18,2.35) -41.91 0.65 (0.31,0.85) 0.20 (0.13,0.26) -69.23
Female 1.92 (0.83,2.68) 0.95 (0.64,1.23) -50.52 0.40 (0.18,0.55) 0.10 (0.07,0.13) -75.00
Both 4.95 (2.57,6.47) 2.71 (2.00,3.29) -45.25 0.52 (0.27,0.67) 0.15 (0.11,0.18) -71.15

Mesothelioma Male 0.51 (0.40,0.74) 1.65 (1.29,2.14) 223.53 0.12 (0.10,0.18) 0.18 (0.14,0.23) 50.00
Female 0.62 (0.41,1.02) 1.12 (0.72,1.44) 80.65 0.14 (0.10,0.23) 0.11 (0.07,0.14) -21.43
Both 1.13 (0.86,1.59) 2.77 (2.28,3.32) 145.13 0.13 (0.10,0.19) 0.14 (0.12,0.17) 7.69