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. 2016 Nov 5;26(11):579–586. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20150257

Table 2. Trends in age-standardized incidence and mortality rates of lung cancer with joinpoint analysis in Osaka, Japan.

	Trend 1			Trend 2			Trend 3

	Years	APC	(95% CI)	Years	APC	(95% CI)	Years	APC	(95% CI)
Incidence
Males	1975–1986	3.5^a	(2.9, 4.1)	1986–2008	0.3^a	(0.1, 0.4)
Females	1975–1985	3.7^a	(2.6, 4.8)	1985–2008	1.1^a	(0.9, 1.3)

Mortality
Males	1975–1988	3.0^a	(2.5, 3.6)	1988–1997	0.2	(−0.5, 1.0)	1997–2012	−0.9^a	(−1.2, −0.7)
Females	1975–1989	3.5^a	(2.6, 4.4)	1989–2012	−0.5^a	(−0.8, −0.3)

APC, annual percentage change; CI, confidence interval.

^aAPC is statistically significantly different from zero (P < 0.05).