Socio-demographic disparities in liver cancer mortality in China: a national analysis from 2015 to 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Liver cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality in China. Analyses based solely on crude mortality rates may obscure temporal trends and inequalities in the context of rapid population aging. This study examined recent trends and socio-demographic disparities in liver cancer mortality in China using age-standardized analyses.

Methods

We conducted a population-based analysis using data from the China National Mortality Surveillance System covering all 31 provincial-level regions of mainland China from 2015 to 2021. Liver cancer deaths were identified using ICD-10 code C22. Mortality rates were calculated for adults aged ≥20 years. Age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) were estimated by direct standardization to the 2010 China standard populati

SUBMITTER: Jing H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12909251 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature