Nutrition deficiency increases the risk of stomach cancer mortality

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Table 2 Mortality rates of stomach cancer during the eight periods of 1970–2009 in Zhaoyuan County (Rate per 100,000)*

Period	Males		Females		Total
Period	Crude mortality	Standardized mortality	Crude mortality	Standardized mortality	Crude mortality	Standardized mortality
1970-1974	45.98	63.11	24.02	28.82	34.94	44.82
1975-1979	67.27	91.47	28.83	36.76	48.13	68.24
1980-1984	68.73	74.22	30.21	30.59	49.54	51.50
1985-1989	56.29	57.9	32.44	27.45	44.34	41.55
1990-1994	50.16	54.66	29.90	25.01	40.05	42.05
1995-1999	60.55	65.31	36.83	28.42	48.73	43.63
2000-2004	49.78	37.61	30.67	18.70	40.18	27.37
2005-2009	57.02	36.48	27.50	13.91	42.20	24.43

*: Standardized mortality calculated in direct method by world standard population.

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