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Table 3 Estimated numbers of incident cancer cases in 1000 s by site, and sex, China 2005

From: Cancer burden in China: a Bayesian approach

Site

Overall

Urban

Rural

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Cases (95% CI)

Cases (95% CI)

Cases (95% CI)

Cases (95% CI)

Cases (95% CI)

Cases (95% CI)

Nasopharynx

24.1 (21.6,27.3)

9.6 (7.7,12.0)

12.2 (9.8,14.6)

4.7 (3.1,6.7)

12.0 (10.3,14.1)

4.8 (3.9,6.0)

Esophagus

194.8 (185.4,204.9)

81.8 (75.4,87.5)

59.7 (55.3,64.8)

21.0 (17.6,24.3)

135.0 (126.8,143.8)

60.6 (55.7,65.6)

Stomach

343.9 (329.9,358.5)

149.6 (142.3,157.4)

128.8 (123.0,135.1)

56.9 (51.7,62.3)

214.9 (202.7,229.6)

92.7 (87.6,98.5)

Colorectal

134.9 (122.9,149.0)

99.7 (89.9,111.5)

77.3 (70.2,85.6)

57.1 (50.2,64.8)

57.4 (47.5,69.9)

42.4 (35.4,52.3)

Liver

303.3 (286.2,321.8)

108.0 (101.9,114.7)

117.9 (107.3,128.6)

39.7 (35.9,43.7)

185.4 (172.5,198.0)

68.4 (63.1,73.9)

Pancreas

26.1 (23.5,29.3)

19.2 (16.8,21.8)

15.9 (13.5,18.9)

12.4 (10.2,14.8)

10.2 (8.8,11.6)

6.7 (5.8,7.9)

Lung

373.0 (354.5,394.8)

168.6 (155.3,181.8)

183.1 (166.9,202.7)

85.4 (73.4,98.1)

190.1 (178.9,201.5)

83.0 (78.0,88.7)

Bone

17.7 (15.0,21.0)

11.7 (9.3,14.6)

9.4 (7.1,12.2)

6.3 (4.3,8.8)

8.3 (6.8,9.9)

5.4 (4.2,6.9)

Breast

 

172.8 (154.3,194.9)

 

119.2 (102.8,140.5)

 

53.5 (47.2,59.7)

Cervix

 

68.5 (56.1,84.0)

 

35.6 (27.0,45.5)

 

33.0 (24.5,44.9)

Ovary

 

29.9 (25.0,36.2)

 

22.5 (17.9,28.6)

 

7.3 (5.8,9.5)

Prostate

34.8 (29.6,40.4)

 

22.8 (18.7,27.4)

 

11.8 (9.1,15.7)

 

CNS

35.6 (31.3,40.2)

30.5 (25.0,37.2)

19.8 (15.9,23.5)

17.6 (12.6,23.9)

15.8 (13.9,18.2)

12.8 (10.8,15.0)

Lymphoma

19.8 (15.5,25.3)

13.5 (10.4,17.4)

11.5 (7.5,16.6)

8.4 (5.7,12.1)

8.3 (6.9,10.2)

5.1 (4.0,6.5)

All sites

1762.0 (1686.9,1836.6)

1194.3 (1115.1,1295.7)

811.1 (751.4,878.5)

619.3 (551.2,716.6)

950.2 (907.8,987.1)

575.0 (534.8,619.3)