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Table 5 Time trends of age-standardized mortality rates from common cancers among males in Serbia, 1991–2015, by joinpoint analysis

From: Cancer mortality in Serbia, 1991–2015: an age-period-cohort and joinpoint regression analysis

Cancer site

AAPC (95% CI)

Trend 1

APC (95% CI)

Trend 2

APC (95% CI)

Trend 3

APC (95% CI)

Lung

1.0* (0.7 to 1.2)

1991–2009

1.4* (1.1 to 1.6)

2009–2015

− 1.1 (− 2.4 to 0.2)

None

Colon

1.6* (1.3 to 1.8)

1991–2009

2.0* (1.7 to 2.3)

2009–2015

− 0.3 (− 1.9 to 1.2)

None

Stomach

−  2.1* (− 2.4 to − 1.8)

1991–2009

− 1.6* (− 1.9 to − 1.3)

2009–2015

− 4.6* (− 6.2 to − 2.9)

None

Hematological malignancies

0.7* (0.3 to 1.1)

1991–1998

− 3.0* (− 4.2 to − 1.9)

1998–2007

3.0* (2.0 to 4.0)

2007–2015

− 0.4 (− 1.4 to 0.6)

Brain

1.2* (0.6 to 1.7)

1991–1993

17.8 (− 5.9 to 47.6)

1993–2015

0.8* (0.2 to 1.3)

None

Bladder

0.9* (0.4 to 1.3)

None

None

None

Pancreas

1.4* (1.1 to 1.7)

1991–1993

− 5.6 (− 17.5 to 1.3)

1993–2015

1.6* (1.3 to 1.9)

None

Prostate

1.9* (1.4 to 2.3)

None

None

None

Renal

1.4* (0.9 to 1.8)

None

None

None

All sites

0.6* (0.5 to 0.8)

1991–2009

0.9* (0.8 to 1.0)

2009–2015

− 0.9* (− 1.6 to − 0.2)

None

  1. AAPC average annual percent change; APC annual percent change; CI confidence interval
  2. * Statistically significant trend