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Table 2 Age-adjusted kidney cancer mortality rates (per European standard 100,000 population) in 5-year periods by country and sex.

From: Time trend and age-period-cohort effect on kidney cancer mortality in Europe, 1981–2000

 

Mortality rate

   

Country

1981–1985

1986–1990

1991–1995

1996–2000

APC (%)*

95% CI

p

Men

North

       

   Denmark

8.20

7.87

7.37

7.02

-1.0

-1.6 to -0.5

<0.001

   Finland

8.10

8.32

7.84

7.91

-0.3

-0.9 to 0.3

0.358

   Norway

7.40

7.00

6.97

7.27

0.0

-0.6 to 0.6

0.929

   Sweden

8.65

8.24

7.47

7.31

-0.9

-1.3 to -0.5

<0.001

West

       

   Austria

8.20

8.93

8.44

7.73

-0.5

-0.9 to 0.0

0.036

   France

6.11

6.80

6.71

6.79

0.6

0.4 to 0.8

<0.001

   Ireland

4.23

4.66

5.21

5.86

2.0

1.1 to 3.0

<0.001

   Netherlands

7.42

8.05

7.93

8.09

0.4

0.1 to 0.8

0.013

   UK

5.16

5.57

5.87

5.93

0.9

0.7 to 1.1

<0.001

East

       

   Bulgaria

2.44

2.93

3.17

3.60

2.5

1.8 to 3.2

<0.001

   Hungary

7.30

8.80

9.57

9.94

1.9

1.5 to 2.3

<0.001

South

       

   Greece

3.33

3.39

3.90

4.32

2.1

1.5 to 2.6

<0.001

   Italy

5.31

6.18

6.33

5.89

0.6

0.4 to 0.8

<0.001

   Spain

3.15

3.84

4.60

4.96

3.0

2.7 to 3.3

<0.001

Women

North

       

   Denmark

5.26

5.42

4.39

4.15

-1.4

-1.9 to -0.8

<0.001

   Finlandia

4.17

4.26

4.20

3.67

-0.5

-1.1 to 0.2

0.146

   Norway

3.40

3.62

3.35

3.52

0.4

-0.3 to 1.2

0.286

   Sweden

5.05

4.91

4.18

4.23

-1.1

-1.6 to -0.7

<0.001

West

       

   Austria

4.48

4.32

4.25

3.86

-0.3

-0.8 to 0.2

0.176

   France

2.58

2.68

2.66

2.64

0.5

0.2 to 0.7

<0.001

   Ireland

2.20

2.38

2.36

2.60

1.4

0.2 to 2.6

0.023

   Netherlands

3.95

3.98

3.96

3.77

-0.2

-0.6 to 0.3

0.469

   UK

2.36

2.62

2.84

2.70

1.4

1.2 to 1.6

<0.001

East

       

   Bulgaria

1.26

1.35

1.56

1.56

1.5

0.6 to 2.4

0.001

   Hungary

3.42

3.88

4.08

4.43

1.7

1.2 to 2.2

<0.001

South

       

   Greece

1.31

1.41

1.57

1.74

2.4

1.6 to 3.2

<0.001

   Italy

2.16

2.35

2.38

2.13

0.2

0.0 to 0.5

0.081

   Spain

1.35

1.49

1.71

1.79

2.1

1.7 to 2.5

<0.001

  1. * Average annual percentage change in age-adjusted mortality rates.
  2. CI, confidence interval; UK, United Kingdom.