Mortality trends in chronic liver disease and cirrhosis from 1981 to 2015 in Taiwan

Table 2 Age–period–cohort model for chronic liver disease and liver cirrhosis mortality rates in Taiwan

Models	df	Deviance	Likelihood ratio statistic (df*)	P value
Males
Age	78	3013.15	2577.10 (23)	< 0.0001
Period	84	33,327.97	32,891.92 (29)	< 0.0001
Cohort	72	11,177.27	10,741.22 (17)	< 0.0001
AP	72	1470.36	1034.31 (17)	< 0.0001
AC	60	1155.41	719.36 (5)	< 0.0001
PC	66	6502.79	6066.74 (11)	< 0.0001
APC	55	436.05	Reference	Reference
Females
Age	78	2045.93	1916.64 (23)	< 0.0001
Period	84	60,272.85	60,143.56 (29)	< 0.0001
Cohort	72	11,457.84	11,328.55 (17)	< 0.0001
AP	72	812.07	682.78 (17)	< 0.0001
AC	60	450.82	321.53 (5)	< 0.0001
PC	66	1265.24	1135.95 (11)	< 0.0001
APC	55	129.29	Reference	Reference

df: degree of freedom; Likelihood ratio statistic: increase in deviance from the APC model; df*: increase in df from the APC model; APC: full age–period–cohort model; AC: age–cohort model; AP: age–period model; PC: period–cohort model

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