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Analysis of mortality of stomach cancer in China from 1990–1992

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Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Abstract

Objective

To assess the impact of stomach cancer on the Chinese population by epidemiological analysis of its distributional mortality.

Methods

Data from 1990–1992 on stomach cancer mortality collected by a sampling survey involved one tenth of the total Chinese population.

Results

The crude mortality rate of stomach cancer in China was 25.2 per 105 (32.8 per 105 for males and 17.0 per 106 for females), which comprised 23.2% of the total cancer deaths from 1990 to 1992, making stomach cancer the leading cause of cancer death. The stomach cancer mortality rate of males was 1.9 times of that of females. The Chinese mortality rates of stomach cancer adjusted by the world standard population were 40.8 per 105 and 18.6 per 105 for males and females, which were 4.2–7.9 (formales) and 3.8–8.0 (for females) times of those in developed countries. Age adjusted mortality rates of stomach cancer in China have distinct geographical differences: form the lowest of 2.5 per 105 to the highest of 153.0 per 105 in the 263 selected sites, and 15.3 per 105 in urban areas and 24.4 per105 in rural areas, a difference of 1.6 times.

Conclusion

The prevention and treatment of stomach cancer in China, especially in the countryside and the underdeveloped areas in the northwest, should be a long-term focus in preventing of cancers of the digestive system. Urgent measures for prevention and early detection of stomach cancer should be taken.

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  1. Cancer Institute (Hospital), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, 100021, Beijing, China

    Xiudi Sun, Yali Zhang (Predoctoral fellow) & Youlin Qiao

  2. The National Cancer Research and Control Office, 100021, Beijing, China

    Liandi Li

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This work was supported by the National Important Medicine Technology “The Eighth Five-Years” Foundation.

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Sun, X., Zhang, Y., Li, L. et al. Analysis of mortality of stomach cancer in China from 1990–1992. Chin. J. Clin. Oncol. 1, 262–268 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02739811

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