Table 1 The incident cases, age-standardized incidence and temporal trends of gastric cancer in 1990 and 2019

Andean Latin America

6.0 (5.4–6.5)

29.7 (26.9–32.4)

12.4 (10.1–15.0)

22.4 (18.3–27.2)

− 0.98 (− 1.08 to 0.88)

Australasia

2.4 (2.3–2.5)

10.2 (9.7–10.6)

3.4 (2.8–4.2)

7 (5.7–8.5)

− 1.42 (− 1.5 to 1.34)

Caribbean

2.9 (2.7–3.1)

11.3 (10.3–12)

4.4 (3.8–5.0)

8.4 (7.3–9.6)

− 0.9 (− 1 to 0.79)

Central Asia

13.4 (13.0–13.8)

28 (27.1–28.8)

12.1 (11.0–13.4)

16.4 (15–17.9)

− 1.82 (− 1.95 to 1.7)

Central Europe

26.5 (25.8–26.9)

18.1 (17.6–18.4)

21.7 (19.1–24.4)

10.3 (9–11.6)

− 1.98 (− 2.04 to 1.93)

Central Latin America

15.5 (15.0–15.9)

19 (18.2–19.6)

30.5 (26.0–35.8)

13 (11.1–15.2)

− 1.6 (− 1.69 to 1.51)

Central Sub-Saharan Africa

2.7 (2.2–3.3)

11.9 (9.9–14.1)

4.2 (3.4–5.3)

8 (6.5–9.8)

− 1.45 (− 1.5 to 1.41)

East Asia

325.7 (285.5–367.3)

37.1 (32.7–41.7)

626.5 (526.6–741.3)

30.2 (25.5–35.5)

− 0.43 (− 0.76 to 0.1)

Eastern Europe

87.0 (84.2–88.7)

30.9 (29.8–31.5)

54.1 (48.8–59.8)

16.1 (14.5–17.8)

− 2.66 (− 2.85 to 2.46)

Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa

8.2 (7.1–9.2)

10.7 (9.3–11.8)

11.8 (10.2–13.4)

7.2 (6.3–8.2)

− 1.53 (− 1.6 to 1.46)

Global

883.4 (834.2–929.2)

22.4 (21.2–23.6)

1269.8 (1150.5–1399.8)

15.6 (14.1–17.2)

− 1.22 (− 1.35 to 1.09)

High-income Asia Pacific

123.7 (119.6–126.5)

61.5 (59.3–63)

128.2 (108.5–147.7)

28.2 (24.2–32.3)

− 2.82 (− 2.9 to 2.74)

High-income North America

30.3 (29.1–31.)

8.5 (8.2–8.7)

37.6 (33.0–42.7)

6.1 (5.4–7)

− 1.33 (− 1.41 to 1.26)

North Africa and Middle East

23.5 (20.5–25.7)

13.7 (11.9–15)

42.3 (38.2–46.7)

10.1 (9.1–11.1)

− 0.94 (− 1.15 to 0.73)

Oceania

0.4 (0.3–0.5)

13.8 (11–16.6)

0.9 (0.7–1.2)

12.9 (10.1–15.9)

− 0.23 (− 0.27 to 0.19)

South Asia

57.6 (52.0–63.2)

9.9 (8.9–11)

99.4 (87.3–113.6)

7 (6.2–8)

− 1.31 (− 1.39 to 1.23)

Southeast Asia

28.1 (24.3–31.1)

10.9 (9.5–12.1)

40.0 (35.5–44.8)

6.7 (6–7.5)

− 1.9 (− 1.98 to 1.81)

Southern Latin America

8.5 (8.2–8.7)

18.5 (17.9–19.1)

10.7 (8.6–13.3)

12.8 (10.2–16)

− 1.29 (− 1.36 to 1.23)

Southern Sub-Saharan Africa

2.4 (2.2–2.6)

8.7 (7.9–9.5)

3.6 (3.3–4.0)

6.5 (6–7.1)

− 1.16 (− 1.49 to 0.83)

Tropical Latin America

16.1 (15.5–16.6)

18.1 (17.2–18.7)

24.5 (23.1–25.7)

10.2 (9.6–10.7)

− 2.03 (− 2.11 to 1.95)

Western Europe

94.0 (90.0–96.1)

16.1 (15.5–16.5)

86.5 (75.2–97.4)

9.4 (8.2–10.7)

− 1.96 (− 2.02 to 1.9)

Western Sub-Saharan Africa

8.5 (7.4–9.6)

10.2 (8.9–11.4)

15.0 (12.9–17.4)

8.7 (7.5–9.8)

− 0.36 (− 0.44 to 0.28)