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. 2018 May 22;124(13):2785–2800. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31551

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Age‐standardized death rates and recent fixed‐interval trends (2011‐2015) are illustrated for the 18 most common cancers in men and the 20 most common cancers in women, for all races/ethnicities combined, and by sex. The 5‐year average annual percent change (AAPC) is based on the joinpoint trend from 1999 to 2015. An asterisk indicates that the AAPC is statistically significantly different from zero (2‐sided t test or Z test; P < .05). Rates were age‐standardized to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups; Bureau of the Census. Current Population Reports, Publication 25‐1130. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office; 2000 [Census P25‐1130]). The AAPC is a weighted average of the annual percent changes over the fixed interval (2011‐2015) using the underlying joinpoint model for the period from 1999 to 2015. Joinpoint models with up to 3 joinpoints are based on rates per 100,000 persons age standardized to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups; Census P25‐1130). For joinpoint analysis, the Joinpoint Regression Program was used (version 4.5.0.1; Bethesda, MD: Statistical Research and Applications Branch, National Cancer Institute; June 2017).