However, compared to the earlier years, there was an increasing trend for all sites combined for female cancers overall between 2005 and 2017 (APC = 1.1%), and a decreasing trend for all sites combined for male cancers overall between 2007 and 2017 (APC = −0.3%).
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Demographic and Epidemiological Contributions to Recent Trends in Cancer Incidence in Hong Kong.
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This increase was primarily due to ageing and increasing population (95% age, 66.1% growth for women, and 119.4% age, 25.4% growth for men), while disease risk for all cancers combined has a decreasing trend (−4.5% for women and −48.8% for men).