Table 5.

Trends in age-standardized rates of hanging, strangulation and suffocation in Kaunas men and women aged 25–64 years during 1984 to 2003

Men					Women
Joinpoints (Years)	Time period	EPAC1	95% CI2	p-value	Joinpoints (Years)	Time period	EPAC1	95% CI2	P-value
0 jointpoints	1984 – 2003	+4.0	+2.5 – +5.6	.00002	0 jointpoints	1984 – 2003	+3.6	+.7 – +6.6	.02
1986	1984 – 1986	-10.4	-48.2 – +55.2	.68	1988	1984 – 1988	-5.6	-33.5 – +34.2	.7
	1986 – 2003	+4.7	+2.7 – +6.7	.0001		1988 – 2003	+5.0	+.2 – +10.1	.04
1990	1984 – 1990	-4.0	-10.2 – +2.7	.22	1992	1984 – 1992	-4.6	-13.0 – +4.6	.28
1993	1990 – 1993	+22.5	-17.8 – +82.5	.29	1995	1992 – 1995	34.3	-42.4 – +213.0	.47
	1993 – 2003	+1.1	-2.0 – +4.3	.46		1995 – 2003	-3.1	-11.6 – +6.3	.48

¹EPAC – estimated annual percent change;

²95% CI – 95% confidence intervals;