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Table 3 Average excess mortality rates of cancers among people in study and control areas in S County and Y District compared to the rural national level (1/100,000), July 2002-June 2005

From: Epidemiologic application of verbal autopsy to investigate the high occurrence of cancer along Huai River Basin, China

 

Group

Total cancer

Esophageal cancer

Stomach cancer

Liver cancer

Colorectal cancer

Lung cancer

S County

Study area

184.0

57.5

28.0

28.6

4.0

49.2

 

Control area

-61.9

-4.8

-23.4

-15.4

-2.9

-2.8

Y District

Study area

138.8

14.4

25.2

33.8

7.8

33.0

 

Control area

-48.2

-3.4

-16.0

-15.4

-1.3

-8.5