Estimated number of nationwide new cases of soft tissue sarcomas in China, 2014

	Areas	Gender	Number of new cases	Incidence rate (1/100,000)	ASRcn (1/100,000)	ASRwld (1/100,000)
Overall STS	All areas	Total	39,900	2.91	2.21	2.13
		Male	19,200	2.72	2.10	2.05
		Female	20,700	3.11	2.32	2.23
	Urban areas	Total	26,600	3.55	2.55	2.47
		Male	12,900	3.38	2.47	2.40
		Female	13,700	3.71	2.65	2.54
	Rural areas	Total	13,300	2.14	1.74	1.69
		Male	6,300	1.94	1.61	1.58
		Female	7,000	2.36	1.89	1.81
GIST	All areas	Total	5,700	0.42	0.29	0.29
		Male	3,200	0.45	0.32	0.32
		Female	2,500	0.38	0.26	0.25
	Urban areas	Total	3,900	0.52	0.34	0.34
		Male	2,200	0.57	0.38	0.38
		Female	1,700	0.47	0.31	0.30
	Rural areas	Total	1,800	0.29	0.22	0.21
		Male	1,000	0.30	0.24	0.23
		Female	800	0.28	0.20	0.19
Non-GIST STS	All areas	Total	34,200	2.50	1.92	1.85
		Male	16,000	2.27	1.78	1.73
		Female	18,200	2.73	2.06	1.97
	Urban areas	Total	22,700	3.03	2.21	2.13
		Male	10,700	2.81	2.09	2.02
		Female	12,000	3.25	2.34	2.25
	Rural areas	Total	11,500	1.85	1.52	1.48
		Male	5,300	1.64	1.37	1.35
		Female	6,200	2.09	1.69	1.61

STS, soft tissue sarcoma; GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumor; ASRcn, Age standardized incidence rate by China Population; ASRwld, Age standardized incidence rate by Segis Population