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Table 1 Quality of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) data in 2013 from 255 Chinese cancer registries

From: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma incidence and mortality in China, 2013

Areas

Sex

M/I ratio

MV%

DCO%

UB%

All

Both

0.52

75.12

1.18

0.65

Male

0.54

75.02

1.25

0.69

Female

0.48

75.36

1.02

0.53

Urban areas

Both

0.51

77.20

1.09

0.35

Male

0.53

77.36

1.26

0.37

Female

0.45

76.78

0.66

0.28

Rural areas

Both

0.54

72.78

1.29

0.99

Male

0.55

72.31

1.24

1.07

Female

0.50

73.88

1.40

0.80

Eastern area

Both

0.46

75.62

1.31

1.76

Male

0.47

75.98

1.39

1.83

Female

0.45

74.82

1.12

1.57

Middle area

Both

0.46

75.74

2.15

0.22

Male

0.47

75.73

2.01

0.16

Female

0.42

75.85

2.20

0.34

Western area

Both

0.52

63.62

3.33

1.02

Male

0.56

63.56

3.61

0.70

Female

0.45

63.74

2.72

1.59

  1. M/I mortality to incidence, MV% the percentage of cases with morphologically verification, DCO% the percentage of cases with death certification only, UB% the percentage of diagnosis of unknown basis