Table 5

 Upper gastrointestinal cancer incidence from the Scottish Cancer Registry 1999 compared with the results of our study

Oesophagus squamous cell carcinomaOesophagus adenocarcinomaStomach cardiaStomach non-cardia
ASR, age standardised rate.
Ardabil ASR, male15.12.826.424.8
Scotland ASR, male3.86.03.98.7
Ardabil ASR, female17.83.28.66.8
Scotland ASR, female3.21.41.64.6