Health inequality: a longitudinal study on geographic variations in lung cancer incidence and mortality in Taiwan

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Yearly age-standardized incidence, mortality (2014), and their growth rates (2005–2014) for lung cancer in each administrative area in Taiwan

Administrative Areas	Age-standardized Incidence (2014) (per 100,000)	Age-standardized Incidence growth rate (2005–2014) (%)	Age-standardized Mortality (2014) (per 100,000)	Age-standardized Mortality growth rate (2005–2014) (%)
Taipei City	33.36	10.83	20.3	−14.31
Keelung City	35.33	−11.08	27.6	−25.63
New Taipei City	39.29	12.68	25.2	−9.60
Yilan County	39.63	2.60	30.2	−9.16
Taoyuan City	34.83	12.22	24.8	−10.21
Hsinchu City	34.64	11.21	21	17.38
Hsinchu County	30.6	23.13	20.7	−2.94
Miaoli County	28.74	5.62	23	−11.93
Taichung City	33.69	6.03	24.6	−7.26
Changhua County	40.28	17.24	29.9	−5.53
Nantou County	31.43	22.83	25.4	3.73
Yunlin County	35.66	3.00	32.4	−1.04
Chiayi City	38.47	25.81	24.5	−6.45
Chiayi County	35.04	−0.96	32.1	−6.36
Tainan City	34.76	2.30	26	−3.64
Kaohsiung City	36.67	7.21	26.7	−6.66
Pingtung County	30.62	8.44	24.9	−1.96
Hualien County	28.73	8.22	21.7	−9.92
Taitung County	37.87	15.75	28.4	0.67

The age-standardized incidence and mortality growth rates (2005–2014) of lung cancer in each administrative area were calculated based on their regression equations instead of their absolute rates
Incidence growth rate (2005–2014) = [(incidence in 2014)–(incidence in 2005)]÷(incidence in 2005)*100%;
Mortality growth rate (2005–2014) = [(mortality in 2014)–(mortality in 2005)]÷(mortality in 2005)*100%

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