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Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2022 Apr 25;163(2):437–448.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2022.04.019

Table 1.

National Deaths due to GI Malignancies, Age-Adjusted Mortality Rate, and County-Level Differences in Age-Standardized Mortality

Cancer type	National-level mortality		County-level age-adjusted mortality rate (per 100,000)					90th minus 10th percentile (deaths/100,000 population)	90^th/10^th percentile ratio
Cancer type	Total deaths (n)	Age-adjusted mortality rate (per 100,000) (95% CI)	Minimum	10th percentile	Median	90th percentile	Maximum	90th minus 10th percentile (deaths/100,000 population)	90^th/10^th percentile ratio
Esophagus	150,533	6.2 (6.1, 6.2)	2.8	5.1	7.1	9.5	15.6	4.4	1.8
Stomach	112,036	4.7 (4.7, 4.8)	2.0	3.2	4.4	6.6	14.6	3.4	2.1
Pancreas	411,531	17.0 (16.9, 17.1)	6.2	14.2	17.5	21.5	45.5	7.2	1.5
Colorectal	516,517	21.6 (21.5, 21.7)	10.9	18.3	23.9	32.1	73.1	13.8	1.8