Table 4 Annual percentage change for incidence rates of sarcomas (all federal states except Baden-Wuerttemberg and Hessen; only Muenster for Nordrhein-Westfalen)

From: Strengthening health data on a rare and heterogeneous disease: sarcoma incidence and histological subtypes in Germany

	Men					Women
	Cases		Incidence Rate^a		Change of Incidence Rate	Cases		Incidence Rate^a		Change of Incidence Rate
	2004	2013	2004	2013	APC^b (%) [95% CI]	2004	2013	2004	2013	APC^b(%) [95% CI]
All sarcoma	1752	2373	6.17	7.32	1.8 (1.0;2.6)*	2191	2463	6.44	6.66	0.4 (0.1;0.8),*
Soft tissue sarcoma	1256	1614	4.38	4.94	0.9 (−0.2;1.9)	1763	1816	5.11	4.85	−0.7 (−1.3;-0.1),*
Bone sarcoma	239	209	0.95	0.82	−1.1 (−3.1;0.9)	194	189	0.70	0.70	−0.5 (−2.0;1.1)
GIST	257	550	0.84	1.55	8.1 (6.0;10.2)*	234	458	0.63	1.12	7.6 (5.7;9.5)*

^aage-standardized incidence rates per 100,000 (European standard 1976)
^bAPC = Annual Percentage Change
*statistically significant change (p < 0.05)
**one joinpoint detected, result for AAPC (Average annual percentage change)

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