Table 3.

Incidence temporal trends (age-standardized to the Segi standard population) for the common GI cancers and all GI neoplasms combined by sex in Wuwei, northwestern China, 1995–2016.

Site		Trend 1			Trend 2			Trend 3
		Years	APC	95%CI	Years	APC	95%CI	Years	APC	95%CI
Esophagus	Male	1995–1997	122.9	-30.7–616.9	1997–2009	8.7*	5.2–12.3	2009–2016	-4.2	-9.2–1.1
	Female	1995–2016	3.7*	0.6–6.8
	Total	1995–2009	9.4*	5.4–13.6	2009–2016	-4.6	-11.5–2.8
Stomach	Male	1995–2009	12.9*	9.8–16.1	2009–2016	4.0	-0.5–8.7
	Female	1995–2016	8.1*	6.4–9.9
	Total	1995–2014	10.5*	8.9–12.1	2014–2016	-12.0	-34.5–18.3
Colon & rectum	Male	1995–2009	10.1*	6.9–13.5
	Female	1995–2009	11.8*	9.1–14.6
	Total	1995–2009	11.0*	8.4–13.7
Pancreas	Male	1995–2009	9.3*	6.5–12.2
	Female	1995–2016	12.2*	9.0–15.4
	Total	1995–2016	11.2*	8.5–13.9
Liver	Male	1995–2009	16.9*	12.6–21.4	2009–2016	4.0	-1.6–9.9
	Female	1995–2016	12.3*	9.8–14.9
	Total	1995–2009	16.7*	12.3–21.3	2009–2016	5.1	-0.6–11.1
Gastric cardia	Male	1995–2009	10.3*	7.9–12.7	2009–2016	-18.5*	-13.8–7.7
	Female	1995–2009	8.5*	4.0–13.2	2009–2016	-12.7*	-21.3–3.2
	Total	1995–2009	9.9*	7.4–12.4	2009–2016	-17.3*	-22.0–12.3
All sites combined	Male	1995–2009	12.4*	10.1–14.8	2009–2016	0.3	-3.3–3.9
	Female	1995–2016	8.9*	7.2–10.6
	Total	1995–2009	12.2*	9.8–14.6	2009–2016	1.4	-2.3–5.1

APC, annual percentage change; *The APC is significantly different from zero (two-side P < 0.05); CI, confidence interval.