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Table 1 The growth rates of region-specific incidence and mortality for women’s cancers in China and linear test

From: Women’s cancers in China: a spatio-temporal epidemiology analysis

 

Type

Region

2010

(1/100,000)

2015

(1/100,000)

Between-group difference in time Trend

Growth rates (%)

Incidence

Breast cancer

East

44.73

50.41

5.68

12.70**

Central

36.83

34.77

− 2.06

− 5.59

West

25.23

29.94

4.71

18.67*

All regions

40.69

42.57

1.88

4.62

Cervical cancer

East

13.36

14.99

1.63

12.20**

Central

14.18

18.90

4.72

33.29**

West

11.74

15.41

3.67

31.26**

All regions

13.37

16.25

2.88

21.54**

Ovarian cancer

East

7.89

8.22

0.33

4.18*

Central

6.78

6.70

− 0.08

− 1.18

West

6.88

7.08

0.20

2.91

All regions

7.51

7.60

0.09

1.20

Mortality

Breast cancer

East

10.70

11.40

0.70

6.54

Central

9.94

9.31

− 0.63

− 6.34

West

8.92

7.93

− 0.99

− 11.10

All regions

10.32

10.23

− 0.09

− 0.87

Cervical cancer

East

3.32

4.45

1.13

34.04**

Central

4.10

6.04

1.94

47.32**

West

3.72

5.50

1.78

47.85**

All regions

3.55

5.08

1.53

43.10**

Ovarian cancer

East

3.67

4.11

0.44

11.99*

Central

2.83

2.99

0.16

5.65

West

2.68

2.97

0.29

10.82

All regions

3.36

3.61

0.25

7.44

  1. Growth rates in parentheses, units that displayed a significant linear trend during the subperiod are in bold. The statistical significance is based on the chi-squared test (* Statistical significance at 10% level; ** Statistical significance at 5% level; *** Statistical significance at 1% level)