Research Article
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 |
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