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. 2012 Dec 29;12:1126. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1126

Table 1.

Annual change and contribution of demographic changes and age-independent “risk” to cardiovascular diseases and cancer mortality 1980–2010, by sex

 
Disease
Annual change in
Annual variation in number of deaths due to variation in
  Period * Age-standardized mortality rate % (95% CI) Number of deaths% Population size% Population age structure% Age-independent “risk”%
Men
All cardiovascular diseases
 
 
 
 
 
 
1980-1993
−1.5 (−2.0 to −1.0)
1.00
0.15
2.08
−1.59
 
1993-2010
−4.3 (−4.7 to −3.9)
−2.20
0.18
1.35
−5.26
 
All cancers
 
 
 
 
 
 
1980-1997
0.9 (0.7 to 1.1)
2.76
0.28
1.65
1.16
 
1997-2006
−0.7 (−1.2 to −0.2)
1.18
0.60
1.32
−0.78
 
2006-2010
1.5 (0.2 to 2.9)
2.85
−0.26
0.66
2.47
Women
All cardiovascular diseases
 
 
 
 
 
 
1980-1996
−2.0 (−2.3 to −1.6)
0.75
0.17
1.98
−1.94
 
1996-2010
−4.6 (−5.1 to −4.2)
−1.79
0.23
2.00
−5.92
 
All cancers
 
 
 
 
 
 
1980-1990
0.4 (0.2 to 0.7)
2.09
0.18
1.36
0.65
 
1990-2002
−0.6 (−0.9 to −0.4)
1.19
0.37
1.32
−0.61
 
2002-2006
−1.9 (−3.4 to −0.5)
−0.62
0.41
1.26
−2.39
  2006-2010 1.3 (0.4 to 2.3) 3.17 −0.10 1.08 2.24

* We considered the periods with constant log-linear trend identified in the joinpoint analysis.