Geographical spread of gastrointestinal tract cancer incidence in the Caspian Sea region of Iran: Spatial analysis of cancer registry data

Table 2 Incidence rate and directly standardized incidence rates (per 100000 person-years) using the 1970 and 2000 world population of GI cancers 2001–2005 in Mazandaran and Golestan provinces of Iran and indices of spatial autocorrelation by cancer site and sex

Cancer Site/Type	Sex	No. of Cases	Incidence Rate	1970 world population	2000 world population	Moran's I^#	Moran's I p-value	Geary's C	Geary's C p-value	Type of spatial pattern
Esophagus	M	891	8.10	12.16	14.61	0.016	0.07	0.78	0.04	clustered
	F	810	7.23	11.27	12.73	0.021	0.06	0.77	0.04	clustered
Stomach	M	1838	15.62	23.04	26.78	0.130	0.04	0.86	0.06	clustered
	F	827	6.46	9.92	11.25	0.059	0.06	0.88	0.06	clustered
Colorectal	M	556	4.88	6.74	7.55	-0.182	0.08	1.17	0.08	dispersed
	F	478	4.32	6.25	6.86	-0.146	0.07	1.14	0.09	dispersed
Gallbladder	M	30	0.27	0.21	0.39	-0.033	0.36	0.90	0.24	inconclusive or random
	F	62	0.56	0.51	0.89	-0.036	0.28	1.01	0.32	inconclusive or random
Pancreas	M	43	0.39	0.35	0.55	-0.014	0.41	0.89	0.25	inconclusive or random
	F	24	0.22	0.21	0.34	0.014	0.33	0.93	0.31	inconclusive or random
Liver	M	103	0.94	0.93	1.49	-0.050	0.11	1.21	0.07	inconclusive or random
	F	63	0.57	0.58	0.97	-0.053	0.12	1.11	0.90	inconclusive or random
Small intestine	M	43	0.31	0.44	0.48	-0.004	0.23	1.06	0.34	inconclusive or random
	F	31	0.23	0.34	0.36	-0.025	0.25	0.93	0.35	inconclusive or random

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