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Table 1 Sex-stratified (average) annual percent change (APC) by cancer site, 2003 until 2008 (per 100,000)

From: Cancer trends in Lebanon: a review of incidence rates for the period of 2003–2008 and projections until 2018

Cancer site

Parameter

Comparison between genders

 

Males

Females

Parallelism

Coincidence

 

2003

2008

APC

Trend

2003

2008

APC

Trend

  

Oropharyngeal

3.8

3.9

0.3%

Stable

2.6

2.6

5.0%

Rising

0.364

<0.001

Esophagus

--

0.9

−4.9%

Falling

--

0.5

8.4%

Rising

<0.001 1

0.061

Stomach

6.2

8.1

2.9%

Rising

5.1

6.7

3.2%

Rising

0.839

0.034 2

Colon

14.1

15.3

0.7%

Stable

13.1

14.1

−0.6%

Falling

0.964

0.069

Rectum

4.1

4.2

−1.0%

Falling

3.4

4.8

12.0%

Rising

0.060

0.124

Liver

1.8

4.0

13.6%

Rising*

1.5

3.9

18.3%

Rising*

0.492

<0.001 2

Gall bladder

1.8

1.2

−5.1%

Falling

1.5

1.7

4.9%

Rising

0.680

0.035 2

Pancreas

3.4

4.7

6.0%

Rising

2.9

2.7

−1.9%

Falling

0.217

0.320

Larynx

5.6

5.7

3.3%

Rising

1.3

1.6

3.6%

Rising

0.999

0.020 2

Lung

31.6

31.8

0.3%

Stable

13.1

13.7

1.0%

Rising

0.433

0.479

Bone

1.4

2.2

5.18%

Rising

1.9

1.4

−3.0%

Falling

0.302

0.093

Connective tissue

5.3

3.3

−11.0%

Falling

2.8

2.7

−2.6%

Falling

0.167

0.240

Melanoma of the skin

3.04

2.1

−12.6%

Falling

1.5

1.9

−6.4%

Falling

0.503

0.124

Prostate

29.9

39.2

7.6%

Rising*

      

Testis and male genitalia

4.3

3.3

−6.3%

Falling

      

Breast

    

78.3

95.7

5.4%

Rising

  

Cervix uteri

    

4.9

5.6

1.8%

Rising

  

Corpus uteri

    

5.3

9.0

11.4%

Rising*

  

Ovary

    

1.1

9.4

7.2%

Rising

  

Bladder

29.5

34.0

3.3%

Rising

6.2

9.0

8.0%

Rising

0.116

<0.001 2

Kidney and urinary tract

3.8

5.6

9.34%

Rising

2.2

2.4

1.0%

Rising

0.216

0.014 2

Brain and nervous system

5.9

6.7

2.8%

Rising

3.3

5.0

5.2%

Rising

0.869

0.080

Thyroid

1.6

3.6

19.1%

Rising

4.2

8.2

12.7%

Rising*

0.153

0.020 2

Hodgkin disease

4.2

4.1

0.25%

Rising

2.4

3.0

4.3%

Rising

0.354

0.034 2

Non-Hodgkin disease

9.7

14.1

4.2%

Rising

7.5

11.6

5.9%

Rising

0.340

<0.001 2

All sites

191.3

225.7

4.5%

Rising*

190.7

243.9

5.4%

Rising*

0.292

0.020 2

  1. APC values that are significant are indicated with an asterisk (*).
  2. 1A p-value ≤0.05 on the parallelism test indicates that the trends (slopes) between males and females are significantly different.
  3. 2A p-value ≤0.05 on the coincidence test indicate that the difference in the rates (position of trend lines) between males and females are significantly different.
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