Mortality pattern trends and disparities among Chinese from 2004 to 2016

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Disease-specific mortality rates of men and women in China in 2016

Disease	Deaths		% of total		ASMR (per 100,000 per year)		χ ²	P-value
Disease	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	χ ²	P-value
malignant neoplasm	1,011,826	147,095	26.67	20.10	153.71	78.78	24.17	< 0.001
CVD	269,806	171,884	21.65	23.49	128.89	85.78	8.61	0.003
heart disease	219,011	153,991	16.61	21.05	101.42	76.55	3.24	0.072
COPD	168,110	67,658	8.99	9.25	55.30	33.12	5.50	0.019
accidental injury	90,974	33,732	7.32	4.61	48.09	20.29	11.53	0.001
hypertension	74,055	29,026	2.04	3.97	12.49	14.29	0.15	0.695
diabetes mellitus	20,597	20,900	1.80	2.86	10.57	10.70	0.00	1.000
LRTI	18,188	13,853	1.60	1.89	10.79	7.31	0.89	0.346
intentional injury	16,206	8207	1.17	1.12	7.29	4.84	0.33	0.564
cirrhosis	11,802	2959	0.99	0.40	5.70	1.56	1.13	0.289

CMR = crude mortality rate. ASMR = age-standardized mortality rate. CVD = Cerebrovascular Disease. COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. LRTI = Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

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