Table 5.
Trends in incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer in Croatia according to joinpoint analyses, 1988-2008, by sex, with the estimated annual percent change (EAPC) and 95% confidence interval (CI)
| Joinpoint analyses |
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| Trend 1 |
Trend 2 |
Trend 3 |
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| years | EAPC | 95% CI | years | EAPC | 95% CI | years | EAPC | 95% CI | |
| Men: |
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| incidence |
1988-2008 |
2.9 |
2.3 to 3.5 |
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| mortality |
1988-2008 |
2.1 |
1.7 to 2.4 |
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| Women: |
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| incidence |
1988-1996 |
-0.2 |
-1.9 to 1.6 |
1996-1999 |
10.6 |
-3.7 to 27.1 |
1999-2008 |
-0.5 |
-1.7 to 0.7 |
| mortality | 1988-1994 | -1.9 | -4.1 to 0.3 | 1994-2008 | 1.1 | 0.5 to 1.7 | |||