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Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2014 Feb 11;109(4):542–553. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2014.11

Table 5.

Annual Percent Change in United States Death Rates, 2000–2010 by Age Group -- Liver Cancer, Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis, and Diabetes Mellitus, with Correlations between State-Level Liver Cancer and Other Cause Mortality Trends

Measure	Cause of Death	Age Group (Years)
Measure	Cause of Death	35–49	50–64	65+
APC, (95% CI)
Mortality Rate 2000–2010 (United States)	Liver Cancer	−3.3* (−4.1, −2.4)	5.6* (5.2, 6.1)	1.1* (0.8, 0.4)
	Chronic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis	−1.7* (−2.5, −0.9)	1.5* (1.1, 2.0)	−1.4* (−1.8, −1.0)
	Diabetes Mellitus	−0.2 (−0.8, 0.5)	−1.9* (−2.5, −1.3)	−2.4* (−3.2, −1.7)
P-value, Pearson Correlation
State-Mortality Trends: Liver Cancer, Other Specified Cause	Chronic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis	0.16	0.03	0.36
State-Mortality Trends: Liver Cancer, Other Specified Cause	Diabetes Mellitus	0.73	0.24	0.34

APC=Annual Percent Change, CI=Confidence Interval