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. 2018 Jun 25;18:688. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4610-4

Table 4.

Trends in Pancreatic Cancer Incidence-based mortality Rates (1973-2014)

Overall (1973-2014) Trend
1 2 3 4
APCa (95% CI) P valueb Year APCa (95% CI) P valueb Year APCa (95% CI) P valueb Year APCa (95% CI) P valueb Year APCa (95% CI) P valueb
Overall 2.22 (1.93-2.51) <.001 1973-1982 4.58 (3.38-5.79) <.001 1982-2000 1.45 (1.08-1.83) <.001 2000-2012 3.83 (3.21-4.45) <.001 2012-2014 -24.70 (-31.78 - -16.88) <.001
Sex
 Male 2.31 (2.03-2.59) <.001 1973-1975 15.14 (0.57-31.82) .04 1975-2000 1.83 (1.59-2.06) <.001 2000-2012 4.03 (3.40-4.67) <.001 2012-2014 -24.52 (-31.71 - -16.57) <.001
 Female 2.17 (1.85-2.49) <.001 1973-1983 5.34 (3.99-6.71) <.001 1983-2000 1.20 (0.68-1.73) <.001 2000-2012 3.66 (2.85-4.47) <.001 2012-2014 -24.79 (-33.89 - -14.44) <.001
Race
 White 1.92 (1.64-2.21) <.001 1973-1976 12.10 (4.45-20.30) <.001 1976-2001 1.53 (1.29-1.78) <.001 2001-2012 3.50 (2.73-4.28) <.001 2012-2014 -24.89 (-32.58 - -16.32) <.001
 Black 2.91 (2.54-3.27) <.001 1973-1980 8.93 (4.65-13.38) <.001 1980-2001 2.19 (1.55-2.82) <.001 2001-2012 4.46 (3.00-5.94) <.001 2012-2014 -24.30 (-37.98 - -7.60) .01
 Othersc 4.86 (4.40-5.31) <.001 1973-2012 5.23 (4.92-5.53) <.001 2012-2014 -22.08 (-37.33 - -3.13) .03
Age at death, y
 <60 1.50 (1.10-1.91) <.001 1973-1993 0.19 (-0.34-0.73) .46 1993-2005 4.03 (2.84-5.24) <.001 2005-2012 0.44 (-2.06-3.00) .72 2012-2014 -33.46 (-45.65 - -18.53) <.001
 >60 2.40 (2.10-2.70) <.001 1973-1983 5.42 (4.30-6.55) <.001 1983-2002 1.46 (1.11-1.82) <.001 2002-2012 4.57 (3.69-5.46) <.001 2012-2014 -22.92 (-30.31 - -14.75) <.001
Stage at diagnosisd
 Localized 1.39 (0.92-1.87) <.001 1973-1981 9.30 (5.75-12.97) <.001 1981-1999 -0.94 (-1.83 - -0.04) .04 1999-2012 4.57 (3.09-6.07) <.001 2012-2014 -27.92 (-44.80 - -5.87) .02
 Regional 2.94 (2.47-3.41) <.001 1973-1977 12.80 (2.50-24.14) .02 1977-2012 3.13 (2.88-3.38) <.001 2012-2014 -36.81 (-49.61 - -20.77) <.001
 Distant 2.35 (2.07-2.63) <.001 1973-1975 25.14 (6.66-46.83) .01 1975-1995 1.10 (0.72-1.49) <.001 1995-2012 3.83 (3.42-4.25) <.001 2012-2014 -17.61 (-25.68 - -8.66) <.001

aAnnual Percentage Changes, calculated using Joinpoint regression software

bTwo-sided P value was calculated using t test to determine the significance of APC change

cIncludes American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian/Pacific Islander

dUsing SEER historic stage A