Table 1.

No Overlap (σ₁₂_t = 0): Simulation Results for GA,SC,NC [1980–1989] and NC,VA,MD [1990–1999]; Comparison of changes in age-adjusted cancer mortality rates in males; APC₁ and APC₂ are the annual percent changes specified for the respective regions

Cancer site	APC₁	APC₂	(a)	Average RoV	(b)	(c)
All Malignant Cancers	−0.3	−0.3	0.0	1.0193	0.0720	0.0490
	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.0258	0.0700	0.0590
	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0266	0.0690	0.0600
	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0187	0.0630	0.0480
	3.0	3.0	0.0	1.0327	0.0590	0.0470
	0.1	0.5	0.4	1.0261	0.8590	0.8770
	−0.3	0.3	0.6	1.0199	0.9930	0.9980
	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0202	1.0000	1.0000
	1.0	3.0	2.0	1.0218	1.0000	1.0000

Esophagus	−0.3	−0.3	0.0	1.0058	0.0690	0.0510
	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.0034	0.0630	0.0490
	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0065	0.0620	0.0520
	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0075	0.0730	0.0580
	3.0	3.0	0.0	1.0173	0.0650	0.0410
	0.1	0.5	0.4	1.0062	0.1080	0.0870
	−0.3	0.3	0.6	1.0070	0.1420	0.1250
	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0091	0.2930	0.2920
	1.0	3.0	2.0	1.0096	0.7900	0.7840

Lip	−0.3	−0.3	0.0	0.8318	0.0710	0.0160
	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.8324	0.0720	0.0160
	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.8383	0.0720	0.0160
	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.8465	0.0710	0.0130
	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.8692	0.0810	0.0160
	0.1	0.5	0.4	0.8394	0.0700	0.0160
	−0.3	0.3	0.6	0.8384	0.0670	0.0170
	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.8571	0.0660	0.0130
	1.0	3.0	2.0	0.8758	0.0720	0.0130

Prostate	−0.3	−0.3	0.0	1.0180	0.0660	0.0410
	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.0180	0.0660	0.0430
	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.9924	0.0580	0.0510
	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0215	0.0650	0.0460
	3.0	3.0	0.0	1.0184	0.0700	0.0450
	0.1	0.5	0.4	1.0183	0.2120	0.1820
	−0.3	0.3	0.6	1.0185	0.3750	0.3570
	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0222	0.7590	0.7730
	1.0	3.0	2.0	1.0232	1.0000	1.0000

Note: (a) = |APC₂ − APC₁|, (b) = P {Z_CT rejects H₀}, (c) = P {Z_WLS rejects H₀}.