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. 2018 Feb;72(1):17–21. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2018.72.17-21

Table 2. Annual Percent Change of human brucellosis: By age, sex, incidence and months. *Annual Percent Change. ^The Annual Percent Change (APC) is significantly different from zero at alpha = 0.05.

APC* (CI 95%) 2006-2016 P value Trend1 APC (CI 95%) P value Trend 2 APC (CI 95%) P value
Total incidence rate -15(-38.5 to 17.6) 0.3 2006-2008 -66.2 (-94.7 to 116.1) 0.2 2008-2016 7 (-12.6 to 31.1) 0.4
Men -5.6(-22.2 to 14.7) 0.5 - - - - - -
Women -15.2 (-31.5 to 5.1) 0.1 2006-2009 -54.7^ (-78.7 to -3.6) 0.0 2009-2016 11(-9.3 to 35.9) 0.3
20> -26.7^ (-45.6 to 1.2) 0.0 - - - - - -
20-50 -13.3 (-41.6 to 28.6) 0.5 2006-2008 -71.6 (-97 to 170.5) 0.2 2008-2016 14.6(10.4 to 46.6) 0.2
50< 9.1 (-25.1 to 58.9) 0.6 - - - - - -
(January-December) 1.1 (-18 to 24.7) 0.9 January-May 58.1 (-9.6 to 176.4) 0.1 May-December -21.7^(-38.2 to 0.8) 0.0