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. 2018 Sep 2;7(10):5281–5290. doi: 10.1002/cam4.1757

Table 2.

Annual percent change in brain glioma incidence rates by histology subtypes: SEER 9, 1973‐2014

Trend 1 Trend 2 Trend 3 Trend 4 2005‐2014
Year APC 95% CI Year APC 95% CI Year APC 95% CI Year APC 95% CI AAPC 95% CI
Glioma (overall) 1973‐1985 2.4 1.7, 3.1a 1985‐2014 −0.5 −0.6, −0.3a −0.5 −0.6, −0.3a
Nonglioblastoma 1973‐1977 33.1 21.0, 46.4a 1977‐1982 3.6 −2.5, 9.9 1982‐2014 −2.2 −2.5, −2.0a −2.2 −2.5, −2.0a
Astrocytoma 1973‐1977 38.6 27.9, 50.2a 1977‐1987 0.7 −0.7, 2.1 1987‐2001 −6.8 −7.6, −5.9a 2001‐2014 −0.1 −1.2, 0.9 −0.1 −1.2, 0.9
Oligodendroglioma 1973‐1989 3.9 2.1, 5.7a 1989‐1998 11.3 8.3, 14.4a 1998‐2014 −4.4 −5.2, −3.6a −4.4 −5.2, −3.6a
Mixed oligoastrocytoma 1973‐1980 29.8 3.7, 62.4a 1980‐2011 2.6 1.7, 3.4a 2011‐2014 −15.9 −34.5, 7.9 −4.0 −11.4, 4.0
Glioblastoma 1973‐1978 −7.3 −11.0, −3.3a 1978‐1992 2.7 1.8, 3.6a 1992‐2014 0.3 0.0, 0.6a 0.3 0.0, 0.6a

AAPC, average annual percent change; APC, annual percent change; CI: confidence interval.

a

The value is statistically different from zero (2‐sided < 0.05) based on joinpoint regression analysis.