Research Article
Geographic Variation of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevalence: Correlation with the Incidence of Renal Cell Carcinoma or Urothelial Carcinoma?
Table 1
Comparison of ASMR of late-stage chronic kidney disease between years 2010 and 2009, by county or city groups.
| | County/city (township numbers) | Total subject numbers | ASMR | Mean difference% (95% CI) | value | | Year 2010 | Year 2009 | Year 2010 | Year 2009 |
| | Northern region | 607462 | 660776 | 1.73 (0.35) | 2.06 (0.39) | −0.34 (−0.42~−0.26) |
<0.001 |
| | Keelung City (7) | 23063 | 28420 | 1.69 (0.20) | 2.23 (0.22) | −0.53 (−0.69~−0.38) | <0.001 | | Taipei City (12) | 128014 | 142552 | 1.81 (0.18) | 2.39 (0.26) | −0.58 (−0.80~−0.35) | <0.001 | | New Taipei City (29) | 198986 | 210902 | 1.50 (0.30) | 2.00 (0.34) | −0.50 (−0.63~−0.37) | <0.001 | | Taoyuan County (13) | 115789 | 123098 | 1.58 (0.23) | 1.87 (0.35) | −0.29 (−0.41~−0.17) | <0.001 | | Hsinchu City (3) | 21114 | 24901 | 2.15 (0.14) | 2.63 (0.20) | −0.48 (−0.84~−0.12) | 0.028 | | Hsinchu County (13) | 29834 | 34271 | 1.95 (0.36) | 2.04 (0.40) | −0.09 (−0.41~0.23) | 0.552 | | Miaoli County (18) | 41476 | 50386 | 1.85 (0.40) | 1.92 (0.44) | −0.07 (−0.24~0.09) | 0.361 |
| | Central region | 378563 | 411753 | 1.83 (0.36) | 2.15 (0.64) | −0.32 (−0.43~−0.21) | <0.001 |
| | Taichung City (29) | 155445 | 171526 | 1.75 (0.18) | 1.98 (0.25) | −0.23 (−0.33~−0.13) | <0.001 | | Changhua County (26) | 109803 | 117762 | 1.75 (0.27) | 2.15 (0.68) | −0.40 (−0.64~−0.17) | 0.002 | | Nantou County (13) | 45661 | 48965 | 1.99 (0.31) | 2.32 (0.43) | −0.33 (−0.56~−0.11) | 0.008 | | Yunlin County (20) | 67654 | 73500 | 1.95 (0.58) | 2.30 (1.00) | −0.35 (−0.71~0.01) | 0.055 |
| | Southern region | 470025 | 504705 | 1.88 (0.48) | 2.20 (0.79) | −0.32 (−0.45~−0.18) | <0.001 |
| | Chiayi City (2) | 22496 | 23921 | 1.70 (0.08) | 1.85 (0.10) | −0.15 (−0.33~0.04) | 0.063 | | Chiayi County (18) | 58134 | 60455 | 1.57 (0.26) | 1.69 (0.43) | −0.13 (−0.31~0.05) | 0.155 | | Tainan City (37) | 151786 | 154324 | 1.80 (0.31) | 2.27 (0.30) | −0.47 (−0.58~−0.37) | <0.001 | | Kaohsiung City (38) | 174684 | 200524 | 2.02 (0.53) | 2.36 (0.71) | −0.34 (−0.61~−0.07) | 0.015 | | Pingtung County (33) | 62965 | 65481 | 2.01 (0.58) | 2.33 (1.22) | −0.22 (−0.64~0.19) | 0.278 |
| | Eastern region | 46539 | 52370 | 2.31 (0.83) | 2.19 (0.66) | 0.12 (−0.18~0.41) | 0.423 |
| | Yilan County (12) | 49186 | 46246 | 1.82 (0.37) | 2.11 (0.34) | −0.29 (−0.58~0.01) | 0.055 | | Hualien County (13) | 26361 | 30661 | 1.82 (0.64) | 2.16 (0.70) | −0.34 (−0.69~0.01) | 0.057 | | Taitung County (16) | 20178 | 21709 | 2.70 (0.77) | 2.21 (0.66) | 0.49 (0.11~0.87) | 0.016 |
| | Outlying islands | 15652 | 15547 | 1.87 (0.74) | 2.22 (1.16) | −0.36 (−1.14~0.43) | 0.341 |
| | Penghu County (6) | 8039 | 8527 | 1.92 (0.48) | 2.29 (0.81) | −0.36 (−1.18~0.46) | 0.307 | | Kinmen County (5) | 7398 | 6766 | 1.50 (0.03) | 1.78 (0.26) | −0.29 (−0.60~0.02) | 0.062 | | Lienchiang County (3) | 215 | 254 | 2.37 (1.50) | 2.84 (2.42) | −0.47 (−8.42~7.52) | 0.823 |
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ASMR = age-adjusted standardized morbidity rates; CI = confidence interval.
Data presented as mean (standard deviation) in percentage.
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