Table 3.

Joinpoint analyses of breast cancer incidence and mortality with the estimated annual percent change (APC) for age-specific groups, crude rates (CR), age-standardized rates (ASR), and 95% confidence intervals (CI), Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, 1996–2006

	Incidence		Mortality
Age groups	Join points	APC (95% CI)	Join points	APC (95% CI)
All (ASR)	0	2.9* (1.1-4.6)	0	3.0 (−2,8-9.1)
All (CR)	0	4.1* (2.0-6.3)	0	3.9 (−2.2-10.3)
<45	0	1.8 (−1.9-5.6)	0	0.8 (−5.0-6.9)
45-54	0	3.9* (1.4-6.6)	0	−3.8 (−16.2-10.5)
55-64	0	5.6* (1.8-9.6)	0	11.3* (1.1-22.4)
65+	0	4.1 (−0.5-8.9)	0	−0.4 (−7.2-6.9)

*Significant APC.