Table 2.

Estimated annual percent change of oral cancer incidence 1994–2009, in Ireland

Sex	Year	Estimated annual percent change	95 % confidence interval
Female	1994–2009	3.2a	1.9, 4.6
Male	1994–2001	−4.8a	−8.7, -0.7
	2001–2009	2.3	−0.9, 5.6
Total	1994–1999	−5.2a	−10.0, 0.2
	1999–2009	2.6a	0.8, 4.3

^aThe estimated annual percent change (APC) is significantly different from zero at alpha =0.05