Lou L, Wang L, Zhang Y, et al. - Researchers performed an international comparative study to evaluate gender differences in global gastric cancer incidence by year, age and socioeconomic status. The global and national gender-specific incidence of gastric cancer were obtained by year and age from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. In 2017, the human development index as an indicator of national socioeconomic status was derived from the Human Development Report. A comparison of the gender-specific incidence of gastric cancer was occurred by year and age at the global level. They conducted linear regression analyses to examine socioeconomic-associated gender differences in gastric cancer incidence. In the past few decades, reducing the incidence of global gastric cancer was accompanied by widening gender differences. Compared with women, men always had higher incidence. The older age and more developed countries reported a greater gender difference. The data indicated the value of making gender-sensitive health policies to cope with the global gastric cancer burden.