Table 2.

BTC Mortality Rate Change for All Countries Included in the Analysis

Country	Earliest year	ASR	Latest year	ASR	APC
Australia	2006	2.82	2016	3.43	2.20	▲
Austria	2006	4.27	2016	4.07	0.03	–
Belgium	2006	2.80	2016	2.94	1.06	▲
Bulgaria	2006	1.10	2015	2.08	5.92	▲
Croatia	2006	4.89	2016	4.97	0.22	▲
Cyprus	2006	2.45	2016	2.80	1.43	▲
Czech Republic	2006	7.06	2016	5.52	−2.51	▼
Denmark	2006	2.55	2015	3.52	3.87	▲
Estonia	2006	0.44	2016	0.61	3.25	▲
France	2006	3.06	2014	3.38	1.55	▲
Georgia	2006	0.74	2015	2.05	16.84	▲
Germany	2006	4.08	2016	4.10	0.49	▲
Hungary	2006	5.37	2016	4.81	−1.33	▼
Iceland	2006	3.77	2016	0.66	−22.79	▼
Ireland	2007	3.75	2015	3.88	1.54	▲
Israel	2006	2.44	2016	2.21	−0.29	▼
Italy	2006	4.28	2015	4.15	−0.18	▼
Japan	2006	8.12	2016	6.59	−2.01	▼
Latvia	2006	0.91	2015	2.83	15.10	▲
Lithuania	2006	2.38	2016	3.76	5.35	▲
Malta	2006	2.85	2015	3.62	−0.63	▼
Netherlands	2006	2.35	2016	3.69	4.65	▲
New Zealand	2006	3.41	2013	3.53	0.59	▲
Norway	2006	2.22	2016	3.17	3.52	▲
Poland	2006	4.24	2016	3.97	−0.99	▼
Portugal	2007	3.25	2016	4.42	3.78	▲
Republic of Korea	2006	3.62	2016	11.22	3.67	▲
Republic of Moldova	2006	0.89	2016	1.32	1.58	▲
Romania	2006	2.29	2016	2.53	1.41	▲
Slovakia	2006	3.21	2014	6.47	10.26	▲
Spain	2006	3.61	2015	3.96	1.12	▲
Sweden	2006	4.43	2016	4.16	−0.30	▼
Switzerland	2006	3.27	2013	3.42	−0.09	▼
United Kingdom	2006	2.59	2016	3.83	4.01	▲

▲, Mortality rate increased in the specified time period; ▼, mortality rate decreased in the specified time period; –, little to no change in the mortality rate in the specified time period (<±0.1 APC).

APC, annual percent change; ASR, age-standardized rate; BTC, biliary tract cancer.