Table 1

Mean number of cases per year and population sizes

ICD9-CM codes Diagnosis VA hospitalisation statistics (1970–1995) US mortality statistics (1968–1992)
151.0Oesophageal adenocarcinoma/cancer of cardia276387
151.1–151.9Cancer of corpus, antrum, and other stomach nos1-150 149214387
530.1–530.3, 553.3Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease1-151 16130379
531.00–531.91Gastric ulcer52342553
532.00–532.91Duodenal ulcer76562684
Population942 621226 169 040

  • ↵1-150 nos, not otherwise specified.

  • ↵1-151 Mortality data were restricted to oesophagitis (ICD code 530.1) from 1979 to 1992.