Table 2 Number of deaths, age-standardized mortality rates per 100.000 men-years by prostate cancer in Ecuador and its geographical areas with their annual percentage changes (APC) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI)

Country

 Ecuador

13,419

10.32

10.80

4.7

2004–2019

0.2(− 0.2, 0.6)

Regions

 Costa

6397

9.65

11.18

15.9

2004–2019

0.1(− 0.5,0.7)

 Highlands

6765

11.48

10.83

-5.7

2004–2019

0.3(− 0.5, 1.1)

 Amazonian

233

4.83

5.94

23.0

2004–2019

1.2(− 2.3, 4.9)

Provinces

 Azuay

680

11.04

9.95

-9.9

2004–2010

 − 4.9^b(− 8.6, − 1.1)

2010–2019

2.9^b(1.1, 4.8)

 Bolivar

181

13.29

4.68

-64.8

2004–2019

 − 2.7(− 5.6, 0.2)

 Cañar

239

5.22

10.48

100.8

2004–2019

3.2(− 0.2, 6.7)

 Carchi

240

13.8

14.34

3.9

2004–2019

 − 0.9(− 3.4, 1.7)

 Chimborazo

463

9.87

8.72

-11.7

2004–2019

 − 1.4(− 2.9, 0)

 Cotopaxi

366

7.81

9.57

22.5

2004–2019

0.2(− 2.3, 2.6)

 El Oro

610

4.75

8.66

82.3

2004–2019

 − 2.0(− 5.1, 1.3)

 Esmeraldas

363

7.1

18.86

165.6

2004–2013

 − 1.8(− 9.3,6.3)

2013–2019

15.0^b(4.4, 26.8)

 Guayas

3386

12.62

10.76

-14.7

2004–2019

 − 1.1^b(− 1.9, − 0.4)

 Imbabura

538

8.03

13.08

62.9

2004–2009

13.9^b(2.6, 26.5)

2009–2019

 − 0.1(− 2.7, 2.6)

 Loja

466

6.83

8.44

23.6

2004–2019

0.3(− 2.6, 3.1)

 Los Rios

760

9.55

10.83

13.4

2004–2019

 − 0.5(− 2.2, 1.2)

 Manabi

1100

9.33

11.13

19.3

2004–2013

 − 1.6(− 4.4, 1.2)

2013–2019

7.3^b(2.8, 12.0)

 Morona Santiago*

48

4.91

5.09

3.7

2015–2019

NA

 Napo*

32

8.01

8.14

1.6

2015–2019

NA

 Orellana*

25

5.13

2.09

-59.3

2015–2019

NA

 Pastaza*

44

3.21

18.74

483.8

2015–2019

NA

 Pichincha

2742

17.0

12.39

-27.1

2004–2019

 − 0.8(− 2.3, 0.8)

 Santa Elena*

178

10.65

11.1

4.2

2015–2019

3.7(− 19.8, 34.1)

 Santo Domingo*

274

14.72

8.88

-39.7

2015–2019

 − 4.2(− 28.4, 28.1)

 Sucumbios*

43

1.52

2.82

85.5

2015–2019

NA

 Tungurahua

576

10.47

11.49

9.7

2015–2019

0(− 2.6, 2.6)

 Zamora Chinchipe*

41

9.34

2.57

-72.5

2015–2019

NA