Table 1 Age- and period-adjusted kidney cancer mortality rates (per European standard 100,000 population) over the entire 1981–2000 period by country and sex.

7.62

1.27

1.23 to 1.31

<0.001

4.80

1.82

1.76 to 1.88

<0.001

1.59

8.04

1.34

1.30 to 1.39

<0.001

4.07

1.54

1.49 to 1.60

<0.001

1.97

7.16

1.19

1.15 to 1.24

<0.001

3.47

1.32

1.26 to 1.38

<0.001

2.06

7.92

1.32

1.29 to 1.35

<0.001

4.59

1.74

1.69 to 1.79

<0.001

1.72

8.32

1.39

1.35 to 1.42

<0.001

4.23

1.60

1.56 to 1.65

<0.001

1.97

6.60

1.10

1.09 to 1.11

<0.001

2.64

1.00

0.99 to 1.01

0.957

2.50

4.99

0.83

0.79 to 0.88

<0.001

2.38

0.90

0.84 to 0.97

0.004

2.09

7.87

1.31

1.29 to 1.34

<0.001

3.91

1.48

1.45 to 1.52

<0.001

2.01

5.63

0.94

0.93 to 0.95

<0.001

2.63

1.00

0.98 to 1.01

0.522

2.14

3.04

0.51

0.49 to 0.53

<0.001

1.43

0.54

0.52 to 0.57

<0.001

2.12

8.90

1.48

1.45 to 1.52

<0.001

3.95

1.50

1.46 to 1.54

<0.001

2.25

3.73

0.62

0.60 to 0.64

<0.001

1.51

0.57

0.55 to 0.60

<0.001

2.47

5.92

0.99

0.98 to 1.00

0.010

2.26

0.85

0.84 to 0.87

<0.001

2.63

4.14

0.69

0.68 to 0.70

<0.001

1.59

0.60

0.59 to 0.61

<0.001

2.61