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Table 3 Trends in age-standardized mortality from cardiovascular diseases, ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular diseases and alcoholic cardiomyopathy in 25–64 years’ Lithuanian men and women during 2001–2018 years by the Joinpoint regression analysis

From: Cardiovascular diseases mortality and alcohol control policy in Lithuania: exploring a possible link

Disease code

Sex

Joinpoints (years)

Period 1

Period 2

All period (2001–2018)

Years

APC (95% CI)

Years

APC (95% CI)

AAPC (95% CI)

Cardiovascular diseases (I00-I99)

Men

2006

2001–2006

4.8a (1.9, 7.8)

2006–2018

−4.3 a (− 5.0, − 3.5)

−1.7 a (− 2.6, − 0.8)

Women

2006

2001–2006

3.9 a (2.2, 5.7)

2006–2018

−5.2 a (− 5.7, − 4.8)

− 2.6 a (− 3.2, − 2.1)

Ischemic heart disease (I20-I25)

Men

2006

2001–2006

3.6 a (0.8, 6.6)

2006–2018

− 4.1 a (− 4.9, − 3.3)

−1.9 a (− 2.8, − 1.0)

Women

2006

2001–2006

5.4 a (2.6, 8.4)

2006–2018

− 5.2 a (− 5.9, − 4.4)

− 2.2 a (− 3.0, − 1.3)

Cerebrovascular diseases

(I60-I69)

Men

2007

2001–2007

2.1 (− 0.9, 5.3)

2007–2018

− 3.9 a (− 5.2, − 2.6)

−1.8 a (− 3.0, − 0.6)

Women

2010

2001–2010

− 1.2 (− 3.1, 0.8)

2010–2018

− 6.6 a (− 9.2, − 3.9)

− 3.8 a (− 5.2, − 2.3)

Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (I42.6)

Men

2007

2001–2007

10.5 a (2.6, 19.0)

2007–2018

− 11.3 a (− 14.4, − 8.1)

−4.1 a (− 7.1, − 1.1)

Women

2007

2001–2007

12.2 a (1.2, 24.4)

2007–2018

− 15.1 a (− 20.0, − 9.8)

− 6.3 a (− 10.7, − 1.7)

  1. Models are fitted on log scale: log(mortality) = β · year + α for each period. APC denotes annual percentage change, AAPC denotes average annual percentage change, CI denotes confidence interval. Statistics marked with a are significant at the 0.05 level.