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Table 1 The age-standardized rate and number of esophageal cancer cases in the world, East Asia and Pacific, China, Japan, and South Korea from 1990 to 2017, both sexes

From: Burden, trends, and risk factors of esophageal cancer in China from 1990 to 2017: an up-to-date overview and comparison with those in Japan and South Korea

Variables

World

East Asia and Pacific

China

Japan

South Korea

1990

2017

Change, %

1990

2017

Change, %

1990

2017

Change, %

1990

2017

Change, %

1990

2017

Change, %

Incidence rate (per 100,000)

7.57

(7.33–7.85)

5.90

(5.74–6.06)

− 22.06

13.78

(13.22–14.50)

9.22

(8.84–9.60)

− 33.07

19.38

(18.52–20.50)

12.23

(11.64–12.82)

− 36.89

6.09

(5.99–6.19)

5.83

(5.52–6.13)

− 4.27

5.04

(4.84–5.26)

3.25

(2.81–3.72)

− 35.52

Incidence numbers

310,236

(300,690–322,028)

472,525

(459,485–485,294)

52.31

187,945

(180,252–197,677)

279,072 (267,563–290,531)

48.49

164,473

(157,194–173,853)

234,624 (223,240–246,036)

42.65

10,667

(10,485–10,848)

19,202

(18,203–20,140)

80.01

1,608

(1,541–1,679)

2,801

(2,414–3,216)

74.19

Death rate (per 100,000)

7.72

(7.48–8.01)

5.48

(5.34–5.63)

− 29.02

14.23

(13.63–15.00)

8.27

(7.95–8.61)

− 41.85

20.53

(19.60–21.71)

11.25

(10.73–11.77)

− 45.20

4.47

(4.41–4.53)

3.66

(3.51–3.81)

− 18.12

5.12

(4.92–5.32)

2.16

(1.92–2.41)

− 57.81

Death numbers

311,289

(301,451–323,235)

435,959

(424,994–447,580)

40.05

188,862

(180,759–198,909)

248,410 (238,407–258,346)

31.53

168,455

(160,933–178,231)

212,586

(202,673–222,654)

26.20

7,780

(7,673–7,897)

12,807

(12,310–13,311)

64.61

1,577

(1,515–1,644)

1,865

(1,653–2,078)

18.26

DALY rate (per 100,000)

179.94

(174.09–186.82)

119.91

(116.89–122.99)

− 33.36

314.57

(301.10–331.18)

169.37

(162.32–176.65)

− 46.16

446.42

(425.73–471.70)

222.58

(211.95–233.57)

− 50.14

96.88

(95.43–98.44)

77.78

(74.47–81.14)

− 19.72

124.46

(119.44–129.78)

44.57

(39.34–50.04)

− 64.19

DALY numbers

7,677,078

(7,422,100–7,970,949)

9,777,771

(9,532,791–10,031,497)

27.36

4,582,723 (4,386,849–4,832,515)

5,262,866 (5,042,535–5,489,756)

14.84

4,078,281

(3,890,143–4,314,430)

4,464,980

(4,247,816–4,690,846)

9.48

172,127

(169,542–174,893)

227,447

(218,017–236,700)

32.14

42,870

(41,041–44,820)

38,988

(34,415–43,822)

− 9.06

  1. DALY disability-adjusted life-year