Fewer people in China, Japan, Korea, and Mongolia died or got sick from stomach cancer linked to eating too much salt between 1990 and 2021, with Korea seeing the biggest drop.

In simple terms: Stomach cancer linked to eating too much salt is expected to become less common in these Asian countries over the next 15 years, but because more people are getting older and populations are growing, the total number of deaths might still go up in China and Mongolia.

Fewer people worldwide are dying or suffering long-term health problems from stomach cancer linked to eating too much salt, with death rates dropping by almost half and overall health impact decreasing by more than half since 1990.

This is about how eating too much salt can lead to stomach cancer. It says that in East Asia, fewer people are dying from this type of cancer now compared to 30 years ago, and people are also living healthier lives without as much sickness from it.

Eating too much salt might lead to more stomach cancer in older people in some Asian countries, and it doesn't get better as quickly for them as it does for others.

Areas with higher wealth and development saw much bigger drops in salt-related stomach cancer deaths and health problems from 1990 to 2021 than poorer areas, showing a big gap between rich and poor regions.