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Table 6 Time trends of age-standardized mortality rates from common cancers among females 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

3.7* (3.5 to 3.9)

1991–2010

4.0* (3.7 to 4.3)

2010–2015

1.9 (− 0.3 to 4.1)

None

Breast

0.3* (0.1 to 0.6)

1991–2004

1.1* (0.6 to 1.6)

2004–2015

− 0.6* (− 1.2 to 0.0)

None

Colon

0.5* (0.2 to 0.9)

1991–2009

1.1* (0.6 to 1.5)

2009–2015

− 2.0 (− 4.3 to 0.3)

None

Stomach

− 2.0* (− 2.4 to − 1.6)

None

None

None

Hematological malignancies

0.6* (0.2 to 1.0)

None

None

None

Cervix uteri

0.1 (-0.3 to 0.5)

1991–2008

0.9* (0.4 to 1.3)

2008–2015

− 2.7* (− 4.4 to − 0.9)

None

 

Ovary

0.9* (0.6 to 1.3)

None

None

None

Brain

1.1* (0.4 to 1.8)

1991–1995

8.5* (1.6 to 15.9)

1995–2010

1.2* (0.2 to 2.2)

2010–2015

− 4.1 (− 8.5 to 0.4)

Bladder

0.9* (0.5 to 1.3)

None

None

None

Pancreas

1.9* (1.6 to 2.3)

None

None

None

Renal

-0.4 (-0.9 to 0.2)

None

None

None

All sites

0.5* (0.4 to 0.7)

1991–2009

0.8* (0.7 to 0.9)

2009–2015

− 0.9* (− 1.5 to − 0.4)

None

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