Table 3

Death rates, US population 1968–1992

Subgroup	Gastric ulcer	Duodenal ulcer	Reflux oesophagitis	Gastric cancer	Cancer of the cardia
Men^5-150	12.3 (12.2–12.5)	15.3 (15.1–15.4)	1.7 (1.6–1.8)	77.8 (77.4–78.1)	2.9 (2.8–2.9)
Women	10.3 (10.2–10.4)	8.6 (8.5–8.7)	1.5 (1.4–1.6)	50.2 (49.9–50.4)	0.6 (0.6–0.6)
Whites^5-150	11.7 (11.6–11.8)	12.6 (12.5–12.7)	1.7 (1.6–1.7)	61.4 (61.2–61.6)	1.9 (1.9–1.9)
Non-whites	9.0 (8.8–9.2)	7.3 (7.1–7.5)	1.1 (1.0–1.2)	76.8 (76.2–77.4)	0.6 (0.6–0.7)
1968–1972^5-151	17.4 (17.1–17.7)	19.6 (19.3–19.9)	1.0 (1.0–1.1)	78.8 (78.3–79.4)	0.9 (0.9–1.0)
1988–1992	7.7 (7.5–7.8)	8.4 (8.2–8.5)	2.1 (2.1–2.2)	53.4 (53.0–53.8)	2.5 (2.4–2.6)

Rates are expressed per million living population and shown with their 95% confidence interval.
↵5-150 Sex and race specific rates represent the average values of the period 1968–1992.
↵5-151 1979–1982 in case of reflux oesophagitis.