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Table 3 Incidence rate, directly standardized incidence rates (per 100,000 person-years using the 1970 and 2000 world population) and Moran's I autocorrelation for esophageal and gastric cancers in Mazandaran and Golestan provinces of Iran

From: The spatial distribution of esophageal and gastric cancer in Caspian region of Iran: An ecological analysis of diet and socio-economic influences

Cancer Type

Sex

No. of Cases

Incidence Rate

1970 world population

2000 world population

Moran's I*

 

Male

891

8.10

12.16

14.61

0.28

Esophageal

Female

810

7.23

11.27

12.73

0.30

 

Both sexes

1693

7.67

11.72

13.71

0.22

 

Male

1838

15.62

23.04

26.78

0.22

Gastric

Female

827

6.46

9.92

11.25

0.12

 

Both sexes

2665

11.04

16.50

19.02

0.26

  1. * E(I) for all tests are -0.0066, and p-values for Moran's I were less than 0.001 for all analyses