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Comparison of Time Trends in Colorectal Cancer Mortality (1990–2006) in the World, from the WHO Mortality Database
Cancer Information Services and Surveillance Division
Center for Cancer Control and Information Services
National Cancer Center
Tokyo, Japan
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Mortality data, abstracted from the World Health Organization (WHO) database, are available for various countries. We used total cancer mortality (ICD-10: C00–C97, B21) in 11 countries during the period 1990–2006. These countries were Japan, China (Hong Kong) and the Republic of Korea (Asian countries); the United