Comparing trends in mortality from cardiovascular disease and cancer in the United Kingdom, 1983–2013: joinpoint regression analysis

Table 2 Joinpoint analysis of age-standardized^b mortality rate from cancer and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) by sex

	Absolute deaths (Rate per 100,000)		Total study period^c		Period 1		Period 2		Period 3
	1983	2013	Average APC (%)	95%CI	Years	APC (%)	Years	APC (%)	Years	APC (%)
Cancer
Male	80,553 (464.9)	87,511 (350.9)	-1.0^a	−1.1, −0.8	1983–1991	0.0	1991–1997	−1.8^a	1997–2013	−1.2^a
Female	71,265 (277.3)	78,331 (242.7)	−0.5^a	−0.6, −0.4	1983–1989	0.7^a	1989–1997	−1.0^a	1997–2013	−0.7^a
CVD
Male	158,944 (1035.3)	79,935 (334.3)	−3.9^a	−4.0, −3.7	1983–2001	−2.8^a	2001–2013	−5.4^a
Female	164,349 (665.8)	79,860 (227.9)	−3.7^a	−3.8, −3.5	1983–2003	−2.7^a	2003–2013	−5.6^a

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