Table 3 Annual percentage change in the ratio of East to West German cancer mortality with 95% confidence intervals between 1990 and 2014
From: Cancer mortality in former East and West Germany: a story of unification?
Men | |||
Slope 1 | Slope 2 | ||
Lung | Year | 1990–1993 | 1993–2014 |
Estimate | 5.6 [2.3, 9.0] | −0.4 [−0.6, −0.3] | |
Prostate | Year | 1990–1992 | 1992–2014 |
Estimate | 17.5 [3.0, 34.0] | 1.0 [0.7, 1.3] | |
Colon/Rectum | Year | 1990–1992 | 1992–2014 |
Estimate | 10.8 [4.3, 17.6] | 0.3 [0.2, 0.5] | |
Women | |||
Lung | Year | 1990–2014 | - |
Estimate | −0.6 [−0.8, −0.4] | - | |
Breast | Year | 1990–1996 | 1996–2014 |
Estimate | −0.4 [−0.9, −0.0] | 1.5 [0.2, 2.8] | |
Colon/Rectum | Year | 1990–1992 | 1992–2014 |
Estimate | 6.2 [−4.3, 17.8] | −0.3 [−0.5, −0.0] | |