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Table 1 International variation in primary liver cancer incidence rates for males, from 1973–1977 to 2003-2007

From: International trends in primary liver cancer incidence from 1973 to 2007

Populations

Period of registry established

Mean of MV%1

1973-1977

2003-2007

Joinpoint analyses (1973-2007)

   

Cases

Rate2

Cases

Rate2

Trend 1 Period

Trend 2APC3(%)

Period

APC3(%)

AAPC4(%)

Northern Europe

           

Denmark

1953-1957

88.0

424

2.9

947

4.1

1975-2005

0.8#

  

0.8#

   

(1973-1976)

        

Finland

1959-1961

88.3

473

3.2

1,192

5.2

1975-2005

1.2

  

1.2

   

(1971-1976)

        

Norway

1959-1961

85.7

230

1.6

421

2.2

1975-2005

0.8

  

0.8

Sweden

1959-1961

95.7

1,162

3.4

1,465

3.4

1975-2005

-0.7

  

-0.7

   

(1971-1975)

        

UK, England, NWR

1973-1977

44.7

157

1.1

1,250

4.4

1975-1985

6.0#

1985-2005

3.9#

4.6#

Western Europe

           

France, Bas-Rhin

1975-1977

64.1

76

4.9

547

13.6

1975-1990

6.4#

1990-2005

0.5

3.4#

   

(1975-1977)

        

Germany, Saarland

1968-1972

64.5a

86

2.4

394

7.5

1975-1985

4.6

1985-2005

3.6#

3.9#

Switzerland, Geneva

1970-1972

70.3

100

9.7

214

13.1

1975-2005

0.9#

  

0.9#

Europe, Other

           

Italy, Varese Province

1976-1977

55.5

64

6.9

516

12.6

1975-2005

2.6#

  

2.6#

   

(1976-1977)

        

Poland, Cracow

1965-1966

42.3

89

5.9

103

4.8

1975-2005

-1.5

  

-1.5

     

(2003-2006)

      

Slovakia

1973-1977

55.1

183

3.1

1,052

6.4

1975-2005

2.6

  

2.6

Spain, Navarra

1973-1977

51.2

8

0.5

217

7.8

1975-1985

28.9#

1985-2005

-1.8#

7.5#

Americas

           

Canada, BC

1969-1972

56.5

142

2.0

201

5.2

1975-1995

3.7#

1995-2005

2.3

3.3#

Colombia, Cali

1967-1971

71.8

22

1.9

178

4.2

1975-2005

2.1#

  

2.1#

   

(1972-1976)

        

USA, SEER: Black

1973-1975

78.0b

154c

4.4

936

11.6

1975-1985

1.2

1985-2005

4.1#

3.1#

USA, SEER: White

1973-1975

74.7b

1,009c

2.1

4,443

5.9

1975-1985

1.4

1985-2005

4.6#

3.5#

Oceania

           

Australia, NSW

1973-1977

73.8

139

1.1

1,379

5.4

1975-1995

6.5#

1995-2005

4.4

5.8#

New Zealand

1962-1966

61.1d

-

-

738

5.2

1985-2005

3.3#

  

3.3#

Asia

           

China, Hong Kong

1974-1977

46.8

2,515

34.4

6,503

26.7

1975-2005

-0.8

  

-0.8

   

(1974-1977)

        

China, Shanghai

1975

14.2

949

31.7

6,128

21.7

1975-2005

-1.4#

  

-1.4#

   

(1975)

        

India, Mumbai

1964-1966

60.3

145

2.7

1,195

5.2

1975-2005

1.4

  

1.4

   

(1973-1975)

        

Israel: Jews

1960-1966

65.7

226

2.9

559

3.1

1975-2005

0.1

  

0.1

   

(1972-1976)

        

Japan, Osaka Prefecture

1966-1966

43.2

935

5.6

11,922

25.6

1975-1985

23.0#

1985-2005

-3.4

4.7#

Singapore: Chinese

1968-1972

32.3

843

32.2

1,451

19.0

1975-2005

-1.8#

  

-1.8#

Africa

           

Algeria, Setif Wilaya

1986-1989

9.8

-

-

48

1.9

-

-

-

-

-

Egypt, Gharbiah

2003-2007

24.7

-

-

1,806

24.8

-

-

-

-

-

Uganda, Kyadondo

2003-2007

29.9

-

-

177

11.4

-

-

-

-

-

Zimbabwe, Harare: African

2003-2006

12.1

-

-

199

16.7

-

-

-

-

-

     

(2003-2006)

     
  1. 1Mean of MV% (Percentage of morphologically verified cases) was calculated from 1978 to 2007. 2Rate is age-standardized to the world population, per 100,000 person-years. 3APC, Annual Percent Change.4AAPC, Average Annual Percent Change. #APC/AAPC is significantly different from 0 (two-side p<0.05).
  2. aGermany, Saarland (1983-2007); bUSA, SEER: Black/White (1988-2007); cThe data of USA, SEER: Black/White were from SEER 9 registries database. dNew Zealand (1993-2007).