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Table 3 Age-adjusted rates (per 100,000 persons) for urban and rural residence for tobacco-related cancers

From: Geographic trends of tobacco-related cancers in Cyprus

Cancer location

Overall AAR

Urban AAR

Rural AAR

Rate Ratio Urban:Rural

AAR

95 % CI

AAR

95 % CI

AAR

95 % CI

RR

95 % CI

Tobacco-related: All

33.9

32.8-35.0

35.4

34.0-36.8

31.4

29.6-33.2

1.1a

1.1-1.2

Males

57.9

55.8-60.0

60.8

58.2-63.5

53.2

49.7-56.6

1.1a

1.1-1.2

Females

13.0

12.0-13.9

13.6

12.4-14.8

11.9

10.3-13.4

1.1

1.0-1.9

Lung

17.8

17.0-18.6

18.6

17.6-19.6

16.5

15.2-17.8

1.1

1.0-1.2

Males

29.9

28.4-31.5

30.9

29.0-32.8

28.6

26.1-31.1

1.1

1.0-1.2

Females

7.3

6.5-8.0

8.0

7.1-9.0

5.8

4.7-6.8

1.4a

1.1-1.7

Head and Neck/Oralb

5.3

4.8-5.7

5.1

4.5-5.6

5.8

5.0-6.6

0.9

0.7-1.1

Males

8.5

7.7-7.7

8.3

7.3-9.3

8.8

7.4-10.3

0.9

0.8-1.2

Females

2.4

2.0-2.8

2.2

1.7-2.7

2.9

2.1-3.8

0.7

0.5-1.1

Urinary/Bladder

10.8

10.2-10.2

11.8

11.0-12.6

9.1

8.1-10.0

1.3a

1.1-1.5

Males

19.5

18.2-18.2

21.6

20.0-23.2

15.8

13.9-17.6

1.4a

1.2-1.6

Females

3.3

2.9-2.9

3.4

2.8-4.0

3.2

2.4-3.9

1.1

0.8-1.5

  1. aRate Ratio is statistically significant (p < .05)
  2. bIncludes: Lip, tongue, mouth, salivary glands, tonsil, other oropharynx, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, pharynx unspecified, nose/sinuses, larynx