Epidemiological Characteristics of Cancer in Elderly Chinese

Table 1

Ratios of mortality to incidence of cancer in 1993–1997 and 2008.

	Male and female			Male			Female
	Cases	Deaths	M/I	Cases	Deaths	M/I	Cases	Deaths	M/I
1993–1997
All ages	230023	161607	0.70	132472	99385	0.75	97552	62222	0.64
<40 yr	18694	9083	0.49	9316	5579	0.60	9378	3504	0.37
40–59 yr	62062	35248	0.57	33171	21841	0.66	28891	13407	0.46
≥60 yr	149267	117276	0.79	89984	71966	0.80	59282	45311	0.76
2008
All ages	197833	122136	0.62	110077	76062	0.69	87756	46074	0.53
<40 yr	11667	3626	0.31	4814	2071	0.43	6853	1555	0.23
40–59 yr	67030	30598	0.46	33893	19757	0.58	33137	10841	0.33
≥60 yr	119136	87912	0.74	71370	54234	0.76	47766	33678	0.71