Table 2.
Annual percent changes with 95% confidence intervals for global testicular cancer mortality rates and Joinpoint analysis
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| Years | APC (95% CI) | Years | APC (95% CI) | Years | APC (95% CI) | Years | APC (95% CI) | |||
| Sweden | 1955–2010 | −4.2 (−4.8; −3.6) | 1955–1977 | 0.2 (−1.5; 1.8) | 1977–1993 | −9.8 (−12.3; −7.1) | 1993–2006 | 0.9 (−3.1; 5.1) | 2006–2010 | −15.4 (−31.9; 5.1) |
| UK: England & Wales | 1955–2010 | −3.5 (−4.0; −3.1) | 1955–1976 | 1.7 (0.9; 2.5) | 1976–1982 | −9.7 (−15.7; −3.3) | 1982–2001 | −5.4 (−6.3; −4.5) | 2001–2010 | −1.2 (−4.0; 1.6) |
| Poland | 1961–2010 | 0.7(0.1; 1.4) | 1961–1965 | 14.3 (3.0; 26.9) | 1965–1981 | 4.9 (2.8; 7.1) | 1981–2002 | −2.6 (−3.6; −1.7) | 2002–2010 | 0.7 (−2.9; 4.4) |
| Spain | 1955–2010 | −0.1 (−0.6; 0.5) | 1955–1966 | 7.7(3.5; 12.1) | 1966–1971 | −7.3 (−23.0; 11.6) | 1971–1974 | 20.8 (−32.9; 117.6) | 1974–2010 | −2.0 (−2.6; −1.3) |
| New Zealand | 1955–2008 | −3.4 (−4.1; −2.8) | 1955–1977 | −0.2 (−2.2; 2.0) | 1977–1998 | −7.5 (−9.7; −5.2) | 1998–2001 | 29.3 (−47.0; 215.2) | 2001–2008 | −9.5 (−19.6; 2.0) |
| Australia | 1955–2006 | −3.8 (−4.3; −3.3) | 1955–1975 | 0.2 (−1.0; 1.4) | 1975–1993 | −7.1 (−8.5; −5.6) | 1993–1996 | 6.7 (−3 1.4; 66.0) | 1996–2006 | −7.4 (−10.9; −3.9) |
| USA | 1960–2008 | −3.1 (−3.4; −2.8) | 1960–1966 | 1.1 (−1.8; 4.0) | 1966–1988 | −4.7 (−5.3; −4.0) | 1988–1995 | −2.2 (−5.0; 0.6) | 1995–2008 | −0.8 (−1.7; 0.1) |
| Colombia | 1997–2009 | 0.5 (−1.2; 2.4) | 1997–1999 | 19.6 (−19.9; 78.4) | 1999–2002 | −0.1 (−33.1; 49.1) | 2002–2005 | −3.2 (−35.1; 44.5) | 2005–2009 | −0.0 (−11.9; 13.5) |
| China: Hong Kong | 1966–2009 | −4.9 (−6.5; −3.3) | 1966–1977 | 15.8 (4.1; 28.8) | 1977–1987 | −18.4 (−29.4; −5.8) | 1987–1996 | 5.1 (−11.6; 24.9) | 1996–2009 | −10.9 (−18.1; −3.1) |
Notes: Age-standardized rates in Sweden (1955–2010), UK: England & Wales (1955–2010), Poland (1961–2010), Spain (1955–2010), New Zealand (1955–2008), Australia (1955–2006), USA (1960–2008), Colombia (1997–2009), and China: Hong Kong (1966–2009).
Abbreviations: APC, annual percent changes: CI, confidence intervals: SEER, Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results.