Cancer incidence and mortality in China, 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

National Cancer Center (NCC) of China annually reports the nationwide statistics for cancer incidence and mortality using population-based cancer registry data from all available cancer registries in China.

Methods

There were a total of 487 registries which reported high quality data of cancer incidence and mortality across China in 2016. The nationwide numbers of new cancer cases and deaths were estimated using the pooled cancer registry data, which were stratified by area (urban/rural), sex, age group (0, 1-4, 5-9, 10-14…85+) and cancer site for incidence and mortality, and then multiplied by corresponding national population. The world Segi's population was applied for the calculation of age-standardized rates.

Results

About 4,064,000 new cancer cases an

SUBMITTER: Zheng R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11256658 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature