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. 2015 Feb 7;15:96. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1445-7

Table 2.

Temporal trends in mortality from female breast cancer in the states of Brazil between 1990 and 2011

States Trend 1 Trend 2 AAPC
Years APC (95% CI; p-value) Years APC (95% CI; p-value) 2002-2011
Paraná 1990-2005 1.2* (0.6 to 1.9; p < 0.01) 2005-2011 −1.2 (−3.8 to 1.4; p = 0.33) −0.4
Santa Catarina 1990-1994 6.6* (0.2 to 13.5; p = 0.04) 1994-2011 0.0 (−0.7 to 0.7; p = 0.92) 0.0
Rio Grande do Sul 1990-1993 4.6 (−4.5 to 14.6; p = 0.31) 1993-2011 −0.7* (−1.3 to −0.1; p = 0.01) −0.7*
Espírito Santo 1990-2011 1.8* (0.9 to 2.8; p < 0.01) 1.8*
Rio de Janeiro 1990-2011 −0.5* (−0.8 to −0.2; p < 0.01) −0.5*
São Paulo 1990-1998 1.7* (0.0 to 3.4; p = 0.04) 1998-2011 −1.7* (−2.4 to −0.9; p < 0.01) −1.7*
Minas Gerais 1990-2011 0.5* (0.0 to 1.0; p = 0.04) 0.5*
Goiás 1990-2011 2.2* (1.3 to 3.1; p < 0.01) 2.2*
Mato Grosso do Sul 1990-2011 1.7* (0.2 to 3.2; p = 0.02) 1.7*
Mato Grosso 1990-2011 4.2* (2.9 to 4.5; p < 0.01) 4.2*
Distrito Federal 1990-2011 −0.2 (−1.0 to 0.7; p = 0.68) −0.2
Amazonas 1990-2011 2.1* (0.6 to 3.7, p < 0.01) 2.1*
Pará 1990-2011 2.2* (1.0 to 3.3, p < 0.01) 2.2*
Rondônia 1990-2011 6.0* (3.4 to 8.7, p < 0.01) 6.0*
Acre 1993-2011 0.8 (−2.6 to 4.2; p = 0.64) 0.8
Amapá 1997-2011 4.6 (−1.9 to 11.6, p = 0.15) 4.6
Roraima 1990-2011 2.8 (−1.6 to 7.4; p = 0.20) 2.8
Tocantins 1990-2011 6.3* (3.8 to 8.9; p < 0.01) 6.3*
Bahia 1990-2001 1.2 (−0.1 to 2.6; p = 0.06) 2001-2011 4.4* (2.9 to 6.0; p < 0.01) 4.4*
Rio Grande do Norte 1990-2011 2.4* (1.3 to 3.6; p < 0.01) 2.4*
Maranhão 1990-2002 2.6 (−0.7 to 5.9; p < 0.11) 2002-2011 11.2* (5.8 to16.9; p < 0.01) 11.2*
Piauí 1990-1997 −1.6 (−7.3 to 4.5; p = 0.58) 1997-2011 9.8* (7.6 to 12.1; p < 0.01) 9.8*
Paraíba 1990-1999 0.8 (−3.9 to 5.8; p = 0.72) 1999-2011 9.3* (6.0 to 12.8; p < 0.01) 9.3*
Alagoas 1990-2011 4.1* (2.7 to 5.5; p < 0.01) 4.1*
Sergipe 1990-2011 4.8* (3.3 to 6.4; p < 0.01) 4.8*
Ceará 1990-2011 4.5* (3.7 to 5.3; p < 0.01) 4.5*
Pernambuco 1990-2011 2.6* (2.0 to 3.1; p < 0.01) 2.6*
Brazil 1990-1994 2.5 (−1.3 to 6.5; p = 0.18) 1994-2011 0.3 (−0.1 to 0.7; p = 0.13) 0.3

Abbreviations: AAPC average annual percent change; APC annual percent change.

Joinpoint analyses with up to 1 joinpoints yielding up to 2 trend segments (Trends 1–2).

The AAPC is a weighted average of the APCs that is calculated by joinpoint regression.

Standardized mortality rate per 100,000 women.

*Statistically significant; p = 0.05.