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Table 2 Age-standardized mortality rates and average annual percent change by sex and by cancer site with male-to-female (M/F) rate ratios and rate differences, France

From: Cancer incidence and mortality trends in France over 1990–2018 for solid tumors: the sex gap is narrowing

 

Men

Women

M/F

Age standardized ratesa

Average annual percent change (AAPC) [95% CIb]

Age standardized ratesa

Average annual percent change (AAPC) [95% CIb]

Relative differences

Absolute differences

Rate ratios [95% CIb]

Percent change in rate ratios

Rate differences

Points of change in rate differences

Cancer site

1990

2018

1990-2018

1990

2018

1990-2018

1990

2018

1990-2018

1990

2018

1990-2018

All cancers (including hematological malignancies)

205.9

123.8

-1.8 [-1.8; -1.8]

90.1

72.2

-0.8 [-0.8; -0.8]

2.3 [2.3;2.3]

1.7 [1.7;1.7]

-26.1%

115.8

51.6

-64.2

Lip, oral cavity and pharynx

13.4

4.9

-3.5 [-3.7; -3.4]

1.3

1.2

-0.4 [-0.6; -0.2]

10.2 [9.9;10.5]

4.1 [3.9;4.4]

-59.8%

12.1

3.7

-8.4

Esophagus

11.3

4.3

-3.4 [-3.5; -3.3]

1.1

1.0

-0.3 [-0.5; -0.1]

10.6 [10.3;11]

4.3 [4.1;4.6]

-59.4%

10.2

3.3

-6.9

Stomach

9.0

3.9

-2.9 [-3; -2.8]

3.6

1.5

-3 [-3.2; -2.9]

2.5 [2.5;2.6]

2.6 [2.5;2.8]

4.0%

5.4

2.4

-3

Colon-rectum

18.2

11.5

-1.6 [-1.7; -1.6]

10.6

6.9

-1.6 [-1.6; -1.5]

1.7 [1.7;1.7]

1.7 [1.6;1.7]

0.0%

7.6

4.6

-3

Liver

10.4

9

-0.5 [-0.6; -0.4]

2.1

2.3

0.4 [0.3; 0.6]

5 [4.9;5.1]

3.9 [3.7;4]

-22.0%

8.3

6.7

-1.6

Pancreas

7.6

8.2

0.3 [0.2; 0.4]

3.9

5.5

1.2 [1.1; 1.3]

1.9 [1.9;2]

1.5 [1.4;1.5]

-21.1%

3.7

2.7

-1

Larynx

7.7

1.2

-6.3 [-6.5; -6.1]

0.3

0.2

-2.4 [-2.8; -1.9]

22.3 [21.2;23.5]

7 [6.1;8]

-68.6%

7.4

1

-6.4

Lung

48.2

34.7

-1.2 [-1.2; -1.1]

5.3

14.0

3.5 [3.4; 3.6]

9.1 [9;9.3]

2.5 [2.4;2.5]

-72.5%

42.9

20.7

-22.2

Skin melanoma

1.3

1.7

0.9 [0.7; 1.1]

1.0

1.0

0.2 [-0.1; 0.4]

1.3 [1.3;1.4]

1.6 [1.5;1.8]

23.1%

0.3

0.7

0.4

Breast

-

-

-

20.2

14.0

-1.3 [-1.4; -1.2]

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cervix uteri

-

-

-

3.1

1.7

-2.1 [-2.3; -1.9]

-

-

-

-

-

-

Corpus uteri

-

-

-

2.7

2.3

-0.5 [-0.6; -0.3]

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ovary

-

-

-

6.0

3.9

-1.5 [-1.7; -1.4]

-

-

-

-

-

-

Prostate

18.1

7.9

-2.9 [-3.0; -2.8]

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Testis

0.4

0.2

-2.2 [-2.7; -1.6]

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Kidney

4.6

5

0.3 [0.2; 0.4]

1.8

1.5

-0.6 [-0.8; -0.4]

2.5 [2.5;2.6]

3.2 [3.1;3.4]

28.0%

2.8

3.5

0.7

Urinary bladder

7.0

4.7

-1.4 [-1.5; -1.3]

1.3

0.9

-1.2 [-1.4; -1]

5.5 [5.3;5.6]

5.1 [4.8;5.4]

-1.8%

5.7

3.8

-1.9

Central nervous system

3.9

4.3

0.3 [0.2; 0.5]

2.5

2.7

0.3 [0.1; 0.5]

1.6 [1.5;1.6]

1.6 [1.5;1.7]

0.0%

1.4

1.6

0.2

Thyroid gland

0.4

0.2

-1.9 [-2.2; -1.5]

0.5

0.2

-3.4 [-3.7; -3]

0.7 [0.7;0.8]

1.1 [1;1.3]

57.1%

-0.1

0

0.1

  1. aMortality rates are expressed per 100,000 population and age-standardized to the 1960 standard world population (95% confidence intervals are reported in Supplementary Table S6); Deaths rates for cervix uteri and corpus uteri cancers were re-estimated (see specific Materials and Methods)
  2. bCI: confidence interval