Table 3.2

Female breast cancer mortality: total percent change (1) and estimated annual percent change (2) in the age-specific rate by ten-year age category, California, 1973-1994

	Total Change (%)			Estimated Annual Percent Change (EAPC) (%)
	1973-94	1973-85	1985-94	1973-94	1973-85	1985-94
30-39	-29.4	-7.7	-23.6	-1.4*	0.1	-3.9*
40-49	-24.3	-15.2	-10.7	-1.3*	-2.1*	-1.7*
50-59	-25.7	-8.7	-18.6	-1.3*	-0.5	-2.8*
60-69	-16.3	3.1	-18.8	-0.9*	0.2	-2.7*
70-79	3.3	14.4	-9.8	0.4	1.1*	-1.5*
80+	8.6	3.4	5.1	0.6*	0.5	0.6

Source: California Department of Health Services, Death Certificate Master Files, 1973-1994.

1 Total percent change is the percentage difference in the average age-specific rates for 1973-74, 1985-86 and 1993-94.

2 Estimated annual percent change (EAPC) is the average percent change in the age-specific rate per year over the specified time interval.

* EAPC is significantly different from zero (p < 0.01).

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