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Table 1 Joinpoint regression analysis of thyroid cancer incidence in women in the Swedish Cancer Register

From: Increasing incidence of thyroid cancer in the Nordic countries with main focus on Swedish data

ICD-7

Joinpoint location

APC 1 (95 % CI)

APC 2 (95 % CI)

APC 3 (95 % CI)

AAPC (95 % CI)

194

     

 All women (n = 10,757)

1979; 2001

+2.15 (+0.05, +4.30)

−1.39 (−1.96, −0.82)

+5.34 (+3.93, +6.77)

+1.19 (+0.56, +1.83)

 0–19 years (n = 271)

No joinpoint detected

-

-

-

+1.32 (+0.41, +2.24)

 20–39 years (n = 2,325)

2006

+0.70 (+0.30, +1.10)

+10.77 (+5.75, +16.04)

-

+2.27 (+1.46, +3.09)

 40–59 years (n = 3,361)

2001

−0.98 (−1.67, −0.29)

+5.03 (+2.02, +8.13)

-

+0.66 (−0.27, +1.59)

 60–79 years (n = 3,556)

1974; 2004

+9.58 (−1.34, +21.70)

−2.13 (−2.64, −1.62)

+6.90 (+3.71, +10.19)

+0.75 (−0.43, +1.94)

 80+ years (n = 1,244)

1979; 1998

+2.14 (−2.33, +6.81)

−4.22 (−5.72, −2.70)

+0.71 (−1.35, +2.82)

−1.21 (−2.51, +0.11)

  1. Time period 1970–2013, ICD-7 code 194 (http://www.socialstyrelsen.se/statistik/statistikdatabas/cancer)
  2. APC annual percentage change (APC 1 time from 1970 to first joinpoint, APC 2 time from first joinpoint to 2013 or to second joinpoint, APC 3 time from second joinpoint to 2013), AAPC average annual percentage change