World Journal of Oncology, ISSN 1920-4531 print, 1920-454X online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 7, Number 5-6, December 2016, pages 109-118

Incidence and Mortality of Nasopharynx Cancer and Its Relationship With Human Development Index in the World in 2012

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Distribution of standardized nasopharynx cancer incidence rate in the world (extracted from GLOBOCAN, 2012).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Distribution of standardized nasopharynx cancer mortality rate in the world (extracted from GLOBOCAN, 2012).
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Standardized incidence and mortality of nasopharynx cancer in different parts of the UN (extracted from GLOBOCAN, 2012).
Figure 4.
Figure 4. The relationship between the standardized incidence rate and the human development index.
Figure 5.
Figure 5. Relationship between standardized mortality rate and the human development index.

Table

Table 1. Correlation Between ASIR, ASMR With HDI and Its Components
 
VariablesHDILEYLiteracyGNP
ASIR: age-standardized incidence rate; ASMR: age-standardized mortality rate.
ASIRr = -0.037
P = 0.629		r = 0.011
P = 0.891		r = -0.121
P = 0.118		r = 0.054
P = 0.483
ASMRr = -0.237
P = 0.002		r = -0.171
P = 0.027		r = -0.298
P < 0.001		r = -0.11
P = 0.156