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. 2017 Nov-Dec;43(6):445–450. doi: 10.1590/S1806-37562017000000035

Table 1. Trends in standardized mortality rates from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis + similars, by gender, as determined by joinpoint regression, 1979-2014, Brazil.

Gender Trend 1 Trend 2 Trend 3
Period APC (95% CI) Period APC (95% CI) Period APC (95% CI)
Male 1979-1992 2.0 (1.6-2.4) 1992-2008 6.4 (6.1-6.8) 2008-2014 1.6 (0.5-2.9)
Female 1979-1992 2.1 (1.8-2.4) 1992-2007 7.3 (7.0-7.6) 2007-2014 3.6 (2.7-4.5)

APC: annual percent change.