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Table 1 The differences of cancer mortality rates (ASR) between urban and rural areas in Tianjin, China

From: Urban-rural disparity in cancer mortality and changing trend in Tianjin, China, during 1999 and 2016

type

Urban(1/100000)

Rural(1/100000)

1999

2016

Na

Rb(%)

1999

2016

1999

2016

(U/R)

(U/R)

(person)

total

125.7

99.6

71.5

90.0

1.76

1.11

33,739

40.1

male

151.6

119.1

91.1

107.5

1.66

1.11

20,770

42.6

female

99.8

80.0

57.6

73.4

1.73

1.09

12,969

36.5

lung

46.6

34.2

23.5

35.0

1.98

0.98

12,505

39.5

liver

15.9

9.8

11.6

10.3

1.37

0.95

1404

11.1

stomach

13.7

7.5

7.6

5.9

1.80

1.27

3513

50.7

esophagus

6.5

2.7

6.1

2.7

1.07

1.00

572

16.2

colorectum

7.9

8.7

3.6

5.6

2.19

1.55

3863

85.3

pancreas

5.2

5.2

1.7

4.4

3.06

1.18

1943

59.6

leukemia

3.6

2.7

3.2

3.6

1.13

0.75

− 298

−9.4

brain and CNS

3.3

2.6

3.0

3.5

1.10

0.74

150

4.9

breast (female)

6.8

8.0

3.3

4.8

2.06

1.67

1583

66.7

lymphoma

2.8

3.5

1.7

2.7

1.65

1.30

1102

54.1

bladder

2.3

1.9

1.2

1.9

1.92

1.00

444

40.2

gallbladder

1.3

2.9

0.4

2.0

3.25

1.45

1624

114.8

Prostate

1.3

3.1

0.8

1.9

1.63

1.63

2487

119.0

Cervix

1.8

2.5

1.4

2.1

1.29

1.19

372

19.3

ovary

0.3

3.8

0.0

2.1

1.81

4974

199.8

  1. a“N” is the avoided death number of cancers in rural areas compare to urban death level
  2. b“R” is the percentage of the avoided death number to the current death number of rural areas from 1999 to 2016
  3. “U/R” = age standard mortality rate of urban areas/ age standard mortality rate of rural areas