Trends in major risk factors and mortality from main non-communicable diseases in Lithuania, 1985–2013

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Table 4 Age-standardized mortality rates^a and trends in 45–64 year-old Lithuanian women, 1985–2013

Causes of death		Years				Time	period
		1985		2013		1985 -	2013
	Rate	95 % CI	Rate	95 % CI	APC	95 % CI	p-value
All causes of death	677.0	653.4–700.6	551.0	529.5–572.5	−0.50	−1.6–+0.7	0.400
CVD	245.2	231.0–259.3	154.4	143.1–165.7	−1.4	−2.7– −0.1	<0.05
CHD	114.6	105.0-124.3	68.4	60.9–75.9	−1.4	−3.1–+0.3	0.100
Malignant neoplasms	241.3	227.2–255.5	197.8	184.9–210.7	−0.4	−0.8– −0.0	0.041

Abbreviations: APC annual percent change, CHD coronary heart disease, CI confidence interval, CVD cardiovascular disease
^aper 100,000 population

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