Table 2.

Annual Average Percentage Change (AAPC) in CRC incidence and mortality rates by sex and population groups, 2002–2014 in SA

Population group	Sex	Age-standardised Incidence		Age-standardised Mortality
		Period	AAPC (95%CI)	Period	AAPC (95%CI)
Asian	Males	2002–2014	0.6 (−2.0,3.2)	2002–2014	2.4(−0.4, 5.4)
	Females	2002–2014	3.7 (− 0.2, 7.7)	2002–2014	−0.3(− 2.8, 2.3)
Mixed race	Males	2002–2014	1.2 (−0.8,3.3)	2002–2014	3.0*(0.4,5.7)
	Females	2002–2014	2.5 (−0.0,5.2)	2002–2014	1.3(−0.5, 3.1)
White	Males	2002–2007	−8.8*(− 14.0,-3.2)	2002–2014	0.5(−0.6,1.6)
	Males	2007–2014	10.4*(6.6,14.4)	–	–
	Females	2002–2009	− 3.7 (−8.0, 0.9)	2002–2014	−0.2(−1.3,1.0)
	Females	2009–2014	14.9*(6.4,24.2)	–	–
Black	Males	2002–2014	3.4*(1.5,5.3)	2002–2014	4.2*(2.0,6.5)
	Female	2002–2014	4.3*(1.9,6.7)	2002–2014	3.4*(2.0,4.8)
All	All	2002–2014	2.5*(0.6,4.5)	2002–2014	1.3*(0.1,2.6)

*The average annual percentage change (AAPC) is statistically significant: p-value < 0.05