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Table 1 Epidemiological characteristics of GC: the province of Cremona and the national data

From: Epidemiological, clinical and pathological characteristics of gastric neoplasms in the province of Cremona: the experience of the first population-based specialized gastric cancer registry in Italy

Epidemiological characteristic of GC

Male

Female

Median age at diagnosis (IQR; min-max)

 Province of Cremona

73 (57–89; 30–94)

78 (64–92; 37–100)

European Age Standardized Incidence Rate ASIR × 100,000 (IC 95%)

 Province of Cremona

41.39 (35.35–48.47)

28.30 (24.17–33.14)

  Crema

  34.20 (29.20–40.05)

  21.40 (18.28–25.06)

  Cremona

  48.15 (41.12–56.39)

  32.35 (27.62–37.88)

  Casalmaggiore

  39.97 (34.14–46.81)

  34.77 (29.70–40.72)

 Italy [7]

  Italy, north

  35.9

  17.7

  Italy, centre

  39.3

  20.5

  Italy, south and islands

  24.8

  12.8

Annual Percent Change APC (IC 95%)

 Province of Cremona

  − 1.92 (− 7.6;+ 4.1)

  − 3.2 (− 6.5;+ 0.2)

 Italy [7]

  − 3.4

  − 3.0

No. of people to be followed for a new diagnosis of GC

 “0–49” year age class

  Province of Cremona

  548

  1460

  Italy [7]

  1070

  1235

  “50–69” year age class

  Province of Cremona

  72

  147

  Italy [7]

  122

  250

 “70–84” year age class

  Province of Cremona

  30

  41

  Italy [7]

  45

  94

 “During all life” (0–84)

  Province of Cremona

  21

  32

  Italy [7]

  32

  65

Age standardized 5-years relative survival (%, IC 95%)

 Province of Cremona

  31.44 (26.41–36.69)

  40.50 (34.21–46.88)

 Italy [7]

  Italy, north west

  31

  36

  Italy, north east

  33

  34

  Italy, centre

  32

  38

  Italy, south and islands

  28

  27

1-year risk of death (since diagnosis, %)

 Province of Cremona

  31.36

  28.86

  1. The national data were from the latest published official data [7], that reported the pull of incidence 2008–2013