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Table 2 International variation in primary liver cancer incidence rates for females, 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

82.8

308

1.6

434

1.6

1975-2005

-0.4

  

-0.4

   

(1973-1976)

        

Finland

1959-1961

82.1

391

1.7

701

2.1

1975-2005

0.1

  

0.1

   

(1971-1976)

        

Norway

1959-1961

78.2

117

0.6

240

1.0

1975-2005

1.0

  

1.0

Sweden

1959-1961

94.3

754

1.8

859

1.7

1975-2005

-1.1

  

-1.1

   

(1971-1975)

        

UK, England, NWR

1973-1977

38.4

75

0.4

863

2.3

1975-2005

5.3#

  

5.3#

Western Europe

           

France, Bas-Rhin

1975-1977

56.4

18

0.7

133

2.5

1975-2005

3.9#

  

3.9#

   

(1975-1977)

        

Germany, Saarland

1968-1972

54.4a

77

1.5

207

2.9

1975-2005

2.0#

  

2.0#

Switzerland, Geneva

1970-1972

66.9

23

1.3

66

3.0

1975-2005

2.4#

  

2.4#

Europe, Other

           

Italy, Varese Province

1976-1977

48.9

37

2.7

224

3.7

1975-2005

1.0#

  

1.0#

   

(1976-1977)

        

Poland, Cracow

1965-1966

32.2

116

4.3

70

2.4

1975-2005

-3.1#

  

-3.1#

     

(2003-2006)

      

Slovakia

1973-1977

52.2

190

2.6

619

2.4

1975-2005

0.6

  

0.6

Spain, Navarra

1973-1977

38.1

11

0.6

89

2.2

1975-2005

1.4

  

1.4

Americas

           

Canada, BC

1969-1972

52.6

87

1.1

97

1.7

1975-2005

1.2#

  

1.2#

Colombia, Cali

1967-1971

72.5

19

1.5

182

3.2

1975-1985

1.6

1985-2005

3.4#

2.8#

   

(1972-1976)

        

USA, SEER: Black

1973-1975

72.1b

68c

1.5

336

3.1

1975-1985

0.7

1985-2005

3.2#

2.4#

USA, SEER: White

1973-1975

71.0b

613c

1.0

1,762

1.9

1975-1985

0.7

1985-2005

3.0#

2.2#

Oceania

           

Australia, NSW

1973-1977

71.7

56

0.4

634

1.9

1975-1990

3.6

1990-2005

7.7#

5.6#

New Zealand

1962-1966

55.2d

-

-

328

1.9

1985-2005

2.8#

  

2.8#

Asia

           

China, Hong Kong

1974-1977

44.0

741

8.9

2,001

6.9

1975-2005

-0.6

  

-0.6

   

(1974-1977)

        

China, Shanghai

1975

13.1

278

9.1

2,419

7.1

1975-1985

1.5

1985-2005

-2.2#

-1.0#

   

(1975)

        

India, Mumbai

1964-1966

54.3

43

1.0

567

2.4

1975-1985

5.3#

1985-2005

0.4

2.0#

   

(1973-1975)

        

Israel: Jews

1960-1966

55.9

102

1.3

341

1.4

1975-2005

0.1

  

0.1

   

(1972-1976)

        

Japan, Osaka Prefecture

1966-1966

39.3

249

1.2

5,689

8.7

1975-1985

23.5#

1985-2005

-1.6

6.2#

Singapore: Chinese

1968-1972

30.1

231

7.1

471

4.8

1975-1985

-0.8

1985-2005

-1.9#

-1.5#

Africa

           

Algeria, Setif Wilaya

1986-1989

92.5

-

-

40

1.6

-

-

-

-

-

Egypt, Gharbiah

2003-2007

24.2

-

-

433

6.2

-

-

-

-

-

Uganda, Kyadondo

2003-2007

29.0

-

-

131

8.7

-

-

-

-

-

Zimbabwe, Harare: African

2003-2006

13.9

-

-

101

13.9

-

-

-

-

-

     

(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).