Table 1. Age-adjusted mortality rates (per 100,000, world standard), for all causes and specific causes, and Annual Percent Changes (APC) between Join Points (JP) in Italian males (A) and females (B) aged 0–49 years during the period 1901–2008.
| Causes of death | 1901–2008 APC | Start (year) | APC1 (95% CI) | 1st JP (year) | APC2 (95% CI) | 2nd JP (year) | APC3 (95% CI) | 3rd JP (year) | APC4 (95% CI) | End (year) |
| A. Males | ||||||||||
| ALL | −3.2* | 1318.3 (1901) | −1.7* (−1.9, −1.4) | 661.2 (1946) | −13.9* (−24.7, −1.5) | 379.4 (1950) | −3.1* (−3.2, −2.9) | 60.9 (2008) | ||
| RESP | −5.8* | 278.2 (1901) | −1.4* (−2.0, −0.8) | 177.2 (1939) | −7.9* (−8.2, −7.5) | 1.9 (1993) | −4.1* (−6.5, −1.6) | 1.2 (2008) | ||
| DIG | −5.0* | 276.3 (1901) | −1.0* (−1.6, −0.3) | 262.7 (1922) | −2.7* (−3.3, −2.1) | 119.0 (1946) | −13.3* (−16.4, −10.0) | 34.9 (1954) | −5.2* (−5.4, −5.1) | 2.6 (2008) |
| INF | −6.6* | 268.0 (1901) | −2.0* (−2.3, −1.8) | 122.3 (1946) | −16.8* (−24.3, −8.5) | 48.8 (1951) | −10.0* (−10.3, −9.7) | 0.8 (1990) | +2.0* (+1.0, +3.0) | 1.0 (2008) |
| CV | −1.4* | 31.4 (1901) | +0.9* (+0.2, +1.5) | 45.1 (1918) | −5.5* (−9.2, −1.5) | 22.8 (1924) | −0.6* (−0.8, −0.5) | 19.9 (1966) | −2.6* (−2.7, −2.4) | 6.4 (2008) |
| CBV | −1.7* | 10.2 (1901) | −0.7* (−1.0, −0.4) | 7.5 (1929) | −2.5* (−2.9, −2.1) | 3.8 (1955) | +0.2 (−0.2, +0.6) | 3.9 (1980) | −4.3* (−4.6, −3.9) | 1.3 (2008) |
| TUM | +0.5* | 9.0 (1901) | +0.8* (+0.7, +1.0) | 14.4 (1949) | +10.7 (−10.1, +36.2) | 19.0 (1952) | +0.9* (+0.5, +1.4) | 23.3 (1977) | −2.5* (−2.8, −2.3) | 11.0 (2008) |
| ACC | −0.6* | 40.8 (1901) | −0.1 (−0.3, +0.1) | 37.0 (1941) | +34.6* (+5.0, +72.7) | 115.0 (1944) | −22.3* (−39.4, −0.4) | 47.6 (1947) | −1.2* (−1.3, −1.1) | 20.0 (2008) |
| END | −0.2# | 7.5 (1951) | −4.9* (−5.2, −4.6) | 1.8 (1983) | +21.0* (+19.1, 23.0) | 12.0 (1995) | −30.7* (−38.6, −21.8) | 3.5 (1999) | −1.1 (−3.2, +1.1) | 2.9 (2008) |
| NS | −2.8#* | 8.2 (1951) | −1.0* (−1.8, −0.2) | 6.9 (1963) | −4.3* (−4.7, −3.9) | 3.1 (1983) | −1.5* (−1.7, −1.2) | 1.9 (2008) | ||
| B. Females | ||||||||||
| ALL | −3.9* | 1292.9 (1901) | −2.1* (−2.3, −1.9) | 570.1 (1946) | −12.1* (−17.9, −5.8) | 281.1 (1952) | −3.8* (−3.9, −3.6) | 32.8 (2008) | ||
| RESP | −6.2* | 237.4 (1901) | −1.7* (−2.4, −1.0) | 138.2 (1940) | −8.1* (−8.4, −7.8) | 0.7 (2008) | ||||
| DIG | −6.2* | 272.7 (1901) | −2.1* (−2.4, −1.9) | 111.1 (1945) | −13.7* (−16.5, −10.8) | 27.4 (1954) | −7.7* (−8.0, −3.3) | 2.3 (1988) | −4.6* (−5.4, −3.8) | 0.9 (2008) |
| INF | −7.3* | 293.0 (1901) | −2.5* (−2.7, −2.3) | 109.0 (1946) | −18.3* (−22.3, −14.1) | 24.7 (1953) | −10.0* (−10.2, −9.7) | 0.5 (1992) | +1.9* (+0.8, +3.1) | 0.5 (2008) |
| CV | −3.0* | 40.5 (1901) | −1.2* (−1.4, −1.1) | 22.0 (1949) | −4.8* (−5.0, −4.5) | 3.3 (1990) | +3.1 (−2.1, +8.5) | 3.7 (1996) | −5.7* (−7.0, −4.4) | 2.0 (2008) |
| CBV | −1.9* | 8.3 (1901) | −1.1* (−1.3, −0.9) | 5.0 (1946) | −6.3* (−10.8, −1.7) | 3.1 (1952) | −1.2* (−1.4, −1.0) | 2.0 (1994) | −6.7* (−7.6, −5.7) | 0.9 (2008) |
| TUM | −0.1* | 16.2 (1901) | −0.2* (−0.3, 0) | 15.8 (1945) | +2.2* (+1.6, +2.9) | 21.2 (1960) | −1.0* (−1.2, −0.8) | 16.8 (1987) | −1.9* (−2.3, −1.6) | 11.3 (2008) |
| ACC | −1.1* | 17.7 (1901) | −0.5* (−0.8, −0.3) | 14.6 (1946) | −8.4 (−21.3, +6.7) | 10.1 (1950) | +0.3 (−0.3, +0.9) | 11.0 (1976) | −2.3* (−2.7, −1.9) | 4.6 (2008) |
| END | −2.0#* | 6.2 (1951) | −5.2* (−5.6, −4.9) | 1.3 (1984) | +13.5* (+11.1, +16.0) | 4.4 (1995) | −23.3* (−33.2, −11.9) | 1.7 (1999) | −1.6 (−4.1, +0.9) | 1.6 (2008) |
| NS | −3.2#* | 6.4 (1951) | −1.1 (−2.1, 0) | 5.5 (1963) | −4.9* (−5.4, −4.4) | 1.8 (1984) | −1.0* (−1.8, −0.1) | 1.7 (1999) | −4.2* (−5.8, −2.6) | 1.9 (2008) |
*P<0.05; #Period 1951–2008.