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. 2023 Oct 30;19(6):1802–1810. doi: 10.5114/aoms/171786

Table I.

Incident cases and ASIR of uterine fibroids in 1990 and 2019 and its trends

Characteristics 1990 2019 1990–2019 EAPC
ASIR (per 100000) ASIR (per 100000) Change in number N (%) N (95% CI)
N (95% UI) N (95% UI)
Global 225.67 (167.33, 298.87) 241.18 (179.45, 318.02) 0.67 (0.62, 0.72) 0.25 (0.24, 0.27)
Sociodemographic Index:
 Low SDI 208.77 (154.92, 278.63) 227.28 (169.27, 302.26) 1.53 (1.48, 1.58) 0.33 (0.30, 0.36)
 Low-middle SDI 214.77 (159.34, 285.23) 260.21 (191.86, 346.80) 1.26 (1.18, 1.34) 0.78 (0.70, 0.85)
 Middle SDI 187.02 (138.12, 248.69) 218.56 (162.86, 287.17) 0.86 (0.75, 0.96) 0.51 (0.48, 0.53)
 High-middle SDI 267.44 (198.61, 353.70) 254.36 (189.78, 333.77) 0.26 (0.21, 0.31) –0.20 (–0.24, –0.17)
 High SDI 258.00 (191.85, 338.10) 262.37 (196.04, 344.26) 0.13 (0.08, 0.17) 0.16 (–0.03, 0.36)
Region:
 Andean Latin America 492.73 (361.31, 656.06) 507.74 (376.57, 671.75) 0.98 (0.87, 1.10) 0.08 (0.07, 0.09)
 Australasia 84.54 (61.35, 113.24) 85.58 (62.69, 113.62) 0.36 (0.27, 0.47) –0.02 (–0.05, 0.01)
 Caribbean 350.15 (256.85, 465.24) 356.44 (260.14, 476.54) 0.43 (0.37, 0.50) 0.05 (0.02, 0.07)
 Central Asia 391.83 (286.58, 520.72) 417.35 (304.39, 553.71) 0.75 (0.64, 0.88) 0.23 (0.20, 0.26)
 Central Europe 247.62 (182.28, 329.40) 243.85 (183.13, 317.37) –0.07 (–0.14, –0.01) –0.03 (–0.18, 0.13)
 Central Latin America 439.31 (319.24, 584.78) 434.88 (319.58, 574.30) 0.82 (0.68, 0.96) –0.10 (–0.12, –0.07)
 Central sub-Saharan Africa 233.91 (171.90, 309.74) 248.66 (182.90, 335.57) 1.70 (1.57, 1.85) 0.20 (0.14, 0.26)
 East Asia 120.39 (87.91, 162.54) 133.11 (100.15, 176.14) 0.40 (0.26, 0.54) 0.29 (0.15, 0.44)
 Eastern Europe 583.94 (434.35, 771.03) 582.03 (431.20, 772.04) –0.04 (–0.08, –0.01) 0.03 (0.01, 0.06)
 Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 187.71 (139.90, 249.66) 195.03 (144.71, 259.91) 1.50 (1.44, 1.56) 0.13 (0.12, 0.15)
 High-income Asia Pacific 270.76 (198.67, 363.49) 286.38 (216.32, 378.76) –0.11 (–0.16, –0.04) 0.22 (0.07, 0.36)
 High-income North America 201.79 (153.55, 261.18) 241.20 (180.22, 311.98) 0.31 (0.21, 0.41) 0.94 (0.54, 1.35)
 North Africa and Middle East 119.05 (89.00, 159.20) 124.03 (92.02, 166.03) 1.33 (1.20, 1.45) –0.02 (–0.08, 0.04)
 Oceania 122.09 (89.98, 165.94) 131.54 (96.93, 176.65) 1.46 (1.31, 1.62) 0.23 (0.19, 0.26)
 South Asia 234.42 (173.22, 311.90) 292.19 (215.57, 388.80) 1.47 (1.38, 1.54) 0.94 (0.82, 1.07)
 Southeast Asia 130.23 (97.68, 174.31) 140.93 (105.92, 186.89) 0.72 (0.62, 0.83) 0.26 (0.22, 0.29)
 Southern Latin America 244.16 (177.03, 325.74) 261.08 (187.45, 351.66) 0.56 (0.43, 0.65) 0.16 (0.03, 0.29)
 Southern sub-Saharan Africa 495.38 (368.17, 651.67) 499.05 (371.04, 661.44) 0.77 (0.70, 0.85) 0.05 (0.02, 0.07)
 Tropical Latin America 179.18 (135.66, 231.53) 273.07 (202.73, 356.19) 1.59 (1.24, 1.94) 1.44 (1.33, 1.54)
 Western Europe 341.99 (250.21, 460.14) 338.62 (247.87, 453.28) 0.04 (–0.01, 0.09) 0.02 (–0.05, 0.09)
 Western sub-Saharan Africa 240.93 (178.84, 319.71) 254.53 (188.46, 337.00) 1.78 (1.73, 1.84) 0.11 (0.06, 0.16)

ASIR – age-standardized incidence rate, EAPC – estimated annual percentage change, UI – uncertainty interval.