Table 4. Joinpoint analysis for diabetes mellitus mortality rates (multiple causes of death approach) by sex. Brazil, 2001 to 2012.

	Period		ASMR
Sex	Beginning	End	Beginning	End	APC1	95% CI
Male	2001	2005	76.1	90.5	5.2*	3.6–6.8
	2005	2008	90.5	89.2	-1.9	-7.6–4.2
	2008	2012	89.2	95.6	2.8*	1.6–4.1
	2001	2012	76.1	95.6	2.4*	1.1–3.7
Female	2001	2005	83.7	93.8	3.7*	3.0–4.3
	2005	2008	93.8	90.0	-2.9*	-5.4–0.3
	2008	2012	90.0	93.3	1.4*	0.9–2.0
	2001	2012	83.7	93.3	1.0*	0.5–1.6

ASMR: age-standardized mortality rate for diabetes mellitus per 100,000; APC: annual percent change; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval

¹ We computed the Average Annual Percentage Change (AAPC) over the entire period considered (2001–2012).

* The APC is significantly different from zero at level of significance = 0.05.